White Father, Black History
When you discover a white Baptist is the father of an early civil rights activist… It all started when I stumbled across a book with the title, History of the American … Continue reading
Of Iron Boxes, Fire Bells, and Burning Buggies
The burning buggy was a mishap that struck a farmer driving his team along the road to Wake Forest from Franklinton in 1916. He was delivering a load of eight … Continue reading
A Very Basketball Christmas
Before multi-million dollar contracts, top basketball coaches were rewarded with… kitchen appliances? It was December 1952 and Wake Forest College Basketball Coach Murray Greason had just led the Demon Deacons … Continue reading
Thanksgiving Day Tragedy: Professor W. A. Johnson
Occasionally a museum visitor will mention an adored grandfather (or great-grandfather) and ask which of the Old Campus buildings were here in the 1930s? It’s a good question. Binkley Chapel, … Continue reading
World War I Propaganda Posters, ca. 1918
A collection of American World War I propaganda posters, discovered by Bob and Liz Ford in the attic of their home on North Main Street, has been carefully restored and … Continue reading
Membership and Donations
New Giving Levels for Museum Members More than a decade has passed since the Wake Forest College Birthplace Society last increased its membership levels, a period during which the cost … Continue reading
Annual Meeting Scheduled for Sunday, October 14th
Speaker Michele Gillespie: Dean of the College, WFU The Wake Forest College Birthplace Society will hold this year’s annual meeting on Sunday, October 14th from 3 pm to 5 pm. … Continue reading
Oct. 7th Forum – Exploring the Heritage of the Ailey Young House
UPDATE – CHANGE OF DATE: Due to Hurricane Florence, this Town of Wake Forest program has been rescheduled for Sunday, October 7th at 3pm. With a sharp focus on history, … Continue reading
Against All Odds
“Win or lose, Wake brought out the best in people. Its athletes performed better than their best.” That quote from Cameron Yow’s new book on Wake Forest University Athletics sums … Continue reading
Philosopher and Preacher: James Robert Dent
Genatus Dent– more formally known as the Reverend James Robert Dent– was born on June 1, 1870 and made his home in the northeast part of town. Dent’s family worked … Continue reading
Field of Dreams
Field of Dreams: Thursday, May 10th at The Factory Ballpark! Wake Forest is growing and changing. But it’s also staying the same. Nobody said it better than Wake Forest College … Continue reading
A Look Back at the Dairy Farms of Northern Wake County
Never did a dairy farm sound more spectacular than in this breathless blurb, published by the Wake Forest College newspaper the Old Gold & Black, in May 1936. The family of … Continue reading
How Wake Forest was “beautified” in 1933
It was spring of 1933 when the Wake Forest Garden Club decided to implore residents to fix the place up. The plan was a community-wide landscape project, and the goal … Continue reading
Old Campus Trek Scheduled for Saturday, April 7th
This year’s Old Campus Trek on Saturday, April 7th has a full schedule of fun-filled activities for students and alumni of Wake Forest University. The day begins at 9:30 am … Continue reading
Historic Images: African-American Farmers
Photographs give an extraordinary glimpse into ordinary lives, and these historic images from the Library of Congress are an example. They capture pivotal moments in time for African American farm … Continue reading
THE WHISKEY WAS UNDERGROUND!
Of all the bootleg liquor operations in the Harricanes, none was more newsworthy than the massive underground still found on the banks of the Neuse River in northern Wake County. … Continue reading