Making History

December 2020

One Love Tennis Historic Home’s HWF Plaque

• December 2, 2020 WECT: One Love Tennis historic home HQ unveils plaque from HWF

Legacy Architectural Salvage’s 2020 Holiday Gift Market

• December 18, 2020 Wilmington Business Journal: Seeing A Different Shopping Season

HWF’s 55th Anniversary

• December 21, 2020 Star News: Battleship North Carolina, Wilmington Ten among major 2021 anniversaries

November 2020

Historic Wilmington Foundation Executive Director Beth Rutledge Resigns Post

• November 25, 2020 WECT: Historic Wilmington Foundation executive director steps down

• December 2, 2020 Star News: New Historic Wilmington Foundation director to inherit more progressive organization

October 2020

HWF & Cape Fear Community College Partner to Preserve Built History

• October 12, 2020 WECT: CFCC to offer new historic preservation construction program

• October 14, 2020 Star News: Historic Wilmington Foundation, CFCC team to offer historic preservation certification

September 2020

Inaugural Run Through History 5k & 1-Mile Walk

• September 29, 2020 Star News: Wilmington’s history is a marathon, not a sprint in foundation’s new 5k fundraiser

July 2020

NCDOT Presents Plans for the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge Replacement, Community Weighs In

• July 7, 2020 WECT: Community discusses impacts of Cape Fear Memorial Bridge replacement

• July 7, 2020 WWAY: NCDOT presents potential layouts for Cape Fear Memorial Bridge replacement

• July 9, 2020 Port City Daily: Cash-flow issues could impact plans to replace Wilmington’s Cape Fear Memorial bridge

June 2020

Historic Wilmington Foundation Supports Relocation of Confederate Monuments

• June 9, 2020 Star News: Historic Wilmington Foundation supports removal of Confederate monuments

• June 10, 2020 WECT: Push to remove confederate statues from Wilmington gets support of Historic Wilmington Foundation

• June 12, 2020 Port City Daily: Momentum gathering for removal, preservation of Confederate monuments in downtown Wilmington

May 2020

April 2020

A City Not Like Anywhere Else

• April 1, 2020 Salt Magazine: A City Not Like Anywhere Else

January 2020

The Future of the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge

• January 31, 2020 Star News: Could history save Cape Fear Memorial Bridge from demolition?