Committee created to make courthouse items more racially balanced

Former Saluda District Supervisor Pete Mansfield, left, was honored Tuesday, Jan. 4 at the Middlesex County Board of Supervisors (MCBS) first meeting of the year for his 12 years of service as the district’s board member. New Middlesex County Board of Supervisor chairman and Pinetop District representative Lud Kimbrough presents a plaque to Mansfield and thanked him for his service to Middlesex County. (Photo by Larry Chowning)

by Larry Chowning –

At the Middlesex County Board of Supervisors (MCBS) annual planning meeting on Friday, Jan. 7, new board Chairman Lud Kimbrough created the Middlesex Historical Committee with the charge of making the county’s historic courthouse and grounds “to serve an educational function.”

“We need a historical committee charged with framing the context of what needs to be a part of this educational process,” he said. “We can make it distinctive and attractive so that it will bring people to the county and tell a more balanced story of our history.”

Larry Chowninghttps://ssentinel.com
Larry is a reporter for the Southside Sentinel and author of several books centered around the people and places of the Chesapeake Bay.

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