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Franklin hosts lecture on history of Cowee School

Speakers will present the history of the Cowee School, from the days of the site as a CCC camp, construction by the WPA during the 1940s, over 60 decades as a public school to its present as a thriving community and arts center. Speakers will present the history of the Cowee School, from the days of the site as a CCC camp, construction by the WPA during the 1940s, over 60 decades as a public school to its present as a thriving community and arts center. Donated photo

On Monday, July 21, the series “Where We Live: History, Nature and Culture,” will present a program on the history of Cowee School, now the Cowee School Arts and Heritage Center. Speakers will be Bill Dyar, long-time principal of the school; Stacy Guffey, founding director of the Arts and Heritage Center; and Laura Brooks, current director. 

They will present the history of the school, from the days of the site as a camp, construction by the WPA during the 1940s, over 60 decades as a public school, to its present as a thriving community and arts center.

The program will take place at the Cowee School Arts and Heritage Center at 51 Cowee School Drive in Franklin. The program will begin at 6:30 pm.

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