Journey Stories
Journey Stories examines the intersection between modes of travel and Americans’ desire to feel free to move. The story is diverse and focuses on immigration, migration, innovation, and freedom. It takes account of immigrants coming in search of promise in a new country; stories of individuals and families relocating in search of fortune, their own homestead, or employment; the harrowing journeys of Africans and Native Americans forced to move; and, of course, fun and frolic on the open road.
Journey Stories 2012-13 Tour Schedule
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Pender County Public Library (Burgaw). June 23-August 4, 2012. Contact Mike Taylor
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Rockingham County Historical Society Museum & Archives (Wentworth). August 11-September 22. Contact Kim Proctor
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Mountain Heritage Center (Cullowhee). September 29-November 9. Contact Pam Meister
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North Carolina Museum of the Coastal Plain (Wilson). November 17-December 29. Contact Nancy Van Dolsen
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North Carolina Transportation Museum (Spencer). January 5-February 17, 2013. Contact Robert Hopkins
- Robeson County History Museum (Lumberton). February 23-April 6. Contact Blake Tyner
The story of the intersection between transportation and American society is complicated, but it tells us much about who we are – people who see our societal mobility as a means for asserting our individual freedom. Journey Stories uses engaging images with audio and artifacts to tell the individual stories that illustrate the critical roles travel and movement have played in building our diverse American society.
Join us as we travel North Carolina's Journey Stories.
