The Greer Heritage Museum will host its first “Stories of Greer” event this Saturday, highlighting the story of the town’s founding.
“Stories of Greer” is a four-part series that the museum is running throughout the city’s sesquicentennial year. The events will cover a timeline of Greer’s history, starting with Saturday’s event titled “The Founding of Greer.”
Museum Director David Lovegrove says the series will be family-friendly, with each event being carefully curated around a historical topic. The events will consist of interviews, video and music components. Tomorrow’s event will be held at the Historic Greer Depot, a location chosen specifically for its relevance to the town’s founding.
“There was no town here when the train station was built, so the town grew around that depot,” Lovegrove said. “That [original] depot no longer exists, and the current depot was built quite a bit later, but it does make [it] a perfect location to talk about the founding.”
Tickets are free but required for all Stories of Greer events for seating purposes. Reserve them online, here. For those who can’t make it to an event, they will be livestreamed on Facebook and later uploaded to the museum’s YouTube channel.
Here’s a look at the schedule for Stories of Greer:
“The Founding of Greer”
When: March 21, 1 p.m.
Where: The Historic Greer Depot
“The Textile Era”
When: April 25, 1 p.m.
Where: The Greer Mill
“Boom to Bust”
When: June 13, 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. showings
Where: The Greer Heritage Museum
“Rebirth”
When: Aug. 29, 1 p.m.
Where: The BMW Zentrum Museum
For more information on Greer’s sesquicentennial events, visit the Greer150 webpage.
