by gmcdaniel4444@gmail.com | May 9, 2021 | Blog, Books, Drayton Hall Stories, Friends, Historic Preservation, Operations, Planning, Whole Place Preservation
First on Facebook – May 9, 2021 Click on the blue Facebook logo in the upper right corner above to read all the comments and enlarge the photos, or read the transcript below. A Mother of a Different Kind I hope all you ladies are having, or have...
by gmcdaniel4444@gmail.com | May 2, 2019 | Blog, Board Development, Community Engagement, Education, Historic Preservation, Operations, Outreach, Planning, Public Speaking
The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America (NSCDA) in the State of North Carolina 125th Annual Meeting – April 25-26, 2019 – Raleigh, NC How do we remedy the declining state of history education in the nation? One way is by building...
by gmcdaniel4444@gmail.com | Apr 12, 2019 | Blog, Board Development, Governance, Historic Preservation, Operations
Celebrating the 90th Birthday of Peter McGee April 6 was a special day in Charleston when Patti McGee, along with her daughters, Madeleine and Evie, threw a wonderful birthday party for her husband Peter, a leader (like her) in historic preservation in...
by gmcdaniel4444@gmail.com | Jan 25, 2019 | Blog, Board Development, Community Engagement, Conservation, Education, Governance, Historic Preservation, Interpretation, Operations, Outreach, Planning, Whole Place Preservation
The National Advisory Council of Olana – January 2019 I serve on the National Advisory Council of Olana, the remarkable house and landscape designed by American painter Frederic Church, home to him and his family, and now a historic...
by gmcdaniel4444@gmail.com | Jul 2, 2018 | African American History, Blog, Community Engagement, Conservation, Historic Preservation, Interpretation, Operations, Outreach, Planning, Whole Place Preservation
How to Manage Major Change in a Historic Site? How does a historical plantation that has become a 3400-acre forested nature sanctuary metamorphose into a historic site and do so with only modest changes to the landscape? What kinds of new visitor facilities and...
by gmcdaniel4444@gmail.com | May 22, 2018 | Blog, Community Engagement, Education, Interpretation, Operations, Outreach
The Opening of the Sally Reahard Visitor Center at Drayton Hall April 28, 2018 “What is it like to have a building named after you? How does it make you feel?” These are questions that I’m often asked since it was announced that Drayton Hall...
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