Celebrating Bethania’s 260th Birthday at the 2019 Black Walnut Festival
Just about everyone loves a good end of summer festival on a warm September afternoon. Hanging out with friends while enjoying live music, good food, and shopping local craft vendors while sipping a craft brew or two is a great combination. Now in its 11th year, the Black Walnut Festival at Historic Bethania has all of that going for it and more! Having made lists like Country Magazine’s “The 15 Small Towns in North Carolina” and “15 Tiny Towns in North Carolina You Must Visit”, the Town of Bethania makes the setting for Black Walnut Festival a unique experience for people that are...
Read MoreDiscover the History of Wachovia and Forsyth County in May
Imagine traveling back in time more than 275 years to a place in North Carolina, where a small group of early settlers from Germany, known as Moravians, settled a religious village and trade center. Then these settlers went on to design yet another more developed and planned community just a few years later. This early group of settlers came to what is now Forsyth County, to minister to the scattered German immigrants, Native Americans, and enslaved Africans who already were here. Together, they set the course of history as well as many cultural traditions that fascinate us today....
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