{"id":6799,"date":"2022-11-01T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodnewsmags.com\/?p=6799"},"modified":"2023-10-24T17:35:02","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T17:35:02","slug":"host-of-christmas-past-cemetery-stroll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodnewsmags.com\/fayetteville\/host-of-christmas-past-cemetery-stroll\/","title":{"rendered":"Host of Christmas Past Cemetery Stroll"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>THE GHOST of Christmas Past from Charles Dickens\u2019 \u201cA Christmas Carol\u201d whisked Ebenezer Scrooge back through the ages of time where together they viewed reminders of his greatest triumphs and his most bitter tragedies. When faced with these stark reminders, Scrooge was compelled to learn from past mistakes and chose to live each day for the betterment of his fellow man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fayetteville\u2019s Host of Christmas Past Cemetery Stroll held November 12 at the First Presbyterian Church seeks to help each of us do the same. The First Presbyterian Church and Cemetery have countless stories to tell. The church website states, \u201cthe Union Army used the upstairs of the building for a hospital and the basement as a stable\u201d during the Civil War.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLincoln County\u2019s history is the history of a variety of people,\u201d co-director Amelia Webb said. \u201cTheir stories must be told for us to understand who we were, are, and can be as a community. The Presbyterian Cemetery is a good place to tell these stories, because we have representation from all groups of people\u2026 there are at least three enslaved people buried there, and Bell\u2019s Route of the Trail of Tears went right down Mulberry Avenue in front of the church, representing the sad fate of the indigenous people who were stewards of this land before us.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Webb goes on to say, \u201cThe opportunity to bring the lives\u2014 the good, bad, and ugly\u2014 of all these people to life and apply an element of humanity to these individuals\u201d is what excites her most about the annual cemetery stroll. \u201cThe farther removed you are from something or someone in history, the less human they seem. 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It\u2019s definitely not going to be the same without him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Webb plays Mrs. Chilcoat, whose husband was murdered by Federal Troops during the Civil War over a pair of horses. During the stroll Webb brandishes a skillet, seeking revenge stating \u201csomeone looks an awful lot like one of the men who took my husband\u201d helping to remind the crowd that the stroll is not meant to be ghoulish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like Ebenezer Scrooge, we can revisit the past and learn important lessons from those who walked the streets of Fayetteville long before we ever laced our first pair of shoes. 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