by Charly Mann
I recently completed a cross country trip along Route 66 visiting more than three dozen small and medium sized towns along the way. Towns ranging in size from 500 to 30,000 all had one or more local museums celebrating their history that were largely funded by the local government. A city as vibrant, large, and with as much important history as Chapel Hill needs a public museum to celebrate its glorious past.
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What is it that binds us to this place as to no other? It is not the well or the bell or the stone walls. or the crisp October nights. No, our love for this place is based upon the fact that it is as it was meant to be, The University of the People.
Unfortunately the Chapel Hill Museum closed in July, 2010. The museum aksed the town to give some financial support but they only came up with a little more than half of the request. Most exhibits in the museum were returned to the owners and other items were sold to the public. Many are sad that our town did not value its own history more. You don't know where you are going if you don't know where you have been.