All guests 2 and older are required to wear face coverings inside the Latimer House regardless of vaccination status beginning Saturday, August 21st, 2021in accordance with
the New Hanover County Public Health Department mask mandate.
the New Hanover County Public Health Department mask mandate.
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Doggy Pre-Adoption Fair
Saturday, September 18th, 12-3pm The Lower Cape Fear Historical Society, Inc. will be hosting a Pre-Adoption Fair at the Latimer House with Freedom Bridge Animal Rescue. Believe it or not, the pandemic has been hard on pets too. While many dogs were adopted at the beginning of the pandemic, shelters have seen an influx of surrenders now that people are going back to work. These creatures deserve loving furever homes. Freedom Bridge Animal Rescue is a local, non-profit, foster-based animal rescue group dedicated to serving at-risk animals. Stop by the Latimer House if you are interested in fostering or adopting a dog in need. |
Treated Worse than Felons before Prisons were Reformed
The Civil War’s Crisis of Imprisonment
January 26th, 6:30pm
Reservations required due to limited space.
Only 25 spots available.
Please email manager@latimerhouse.org or call (910) 762-0492 ext. 2 to make reservations or if you have any questions.
Free admission; $10 suggested donation.
During the Civil War, Union and Confederate officials detained thousands of enemy prisoners of war, but neither side had any experience overseeing prisons. U.S. and Confederate officials hastily constructed military prisons and relied on practices that were used to govern state penitentiaries to manage them. Find out how the penitentiary program influenced the administration of military prisons and shaped the identity of prisoners of war in Civil War prisons, including North Carolina's Salisbury Prison.
The Civil War’s Crisis of Imprisonment
January 26th, 6:30pm
Reservations required due to limited space.
Only 25 spots available.
Please email manager@latimerhouse.org or call (910) 762-0492 ext. 2 to make reservations or if you have any questions.
Free admission; $10 suggested donation.
During the Civil War, Union and Confederate officials detained thousands of enemy prisoners of war, but neither side had any experience overseeing prisons. U.S. and Confederate officials hastily constructed military prisons and relied on practices that were used to govern state penitentiaries to manage them. Find out how the penitentiary program influenced the administration of military prisons and shaped the identity of prisoners of war in Civil War prisons, including North Carolina's Salisbury Prison.
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Angie Zombek (PhD University of Florida) teaches at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. She is the author of Penitentiaries, Punishment, and Military Prisons: Familiar Responses to an Extraordinary Crisis during the America Civil War (Kent State University Press). Her current book project, Stronghold of the Union: Key West Under Martial Law, is under contract with The University Press of Florida. Dr. Zombek’s published articles include: “The Power of the Press: Defining Disloyalty at Old Capitol Prison,” “Catholics in Captivity: Priests, Prisoners, and the Living Faith in Civil War Military Prisons,” and “Citizenship – Compulsory or Convenient: Federal Officials, Confederate Prisoners, and the Oath of Allegiance.” She serves as managing editor of Kent State University Press’s book series “Interpreting the Civil War: Texts and Contexts.”
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Saturday, April 2nd, 2022
Join the Lower Cape Fear Historical Society, Inc. at the Latimer House for our annual Book-a-Brac Sale!
We'll have books, vinyl records, clothes, home décor, furniture, knick-knacks, tchotchkes, thingamabobs and much, much more!
We're certain you'll find something you've always needed.
Proceeds benefit the Lower Cape Fear Historical Society, Inc.
Want to donate items? We'll take 'em!
The Latimer House will begin taking donations in January 2022.
