MAMRH - Mount Airy Museum of Regional History

The Mount Airy Museum of Regional History presents the third program in a sports related series of History Talks: Alex Macaulay, North Carolina Humanities Council Road Scholar: "It's Not Just a Game: Sports and Society in North Carolina" on Saturday March 14 at 2pm.   This sports History Talks series will be held on Saturdays during the Smithsonian exhibition of Hometown Teams: How Sports Shape America.  This program will be held on the 3rd floor of the museum and is Free to the public.

  With its reputation as a “basketball state with a football problem,” sports remain a prominent aspect of life in the Tar Heel state. Generations of participants, spectators, fans and critics have debated its importance, and while some have found the state’s fascination with sports beneficial and admirable, others have deemed it wasteful and distracting. A closer look at which events and athletes various North Carolinians have embraced and/or rejected reveals a great deal about the way people have viewed themselves and their region. As such, this program will examine what sports and the men and women who play them have meant and continue to mean to the state, economically, culturally, politically, and socially.