Free: history program on chocolate in Early America

If you’re interested in history, or chocolate, here’s an event for you. Presented by The Mecklenburg Historical Association Docents, it will be held on Tuesday, March 3rd, 11:00 a.m., at Sugaw Creek Presbyterian Church, 101 West Sugar Creek Road.

The Mecklenburg Historical Association Docents invite visitors who are interested in learning about and sharing history to attend their free upcoming program on Tuesday, March 3rd, in the Fellowship Hall of Sugaw Creek Presbyterian Church (101 W. Sugar Creek Rd. Charlotte, NC 28213). Dr. Larry Mellichamp will present a program on cacao, its history, where it grows, how it is harvested and fermented, dried, and then turned into chocolate. It was a very important adult drink in Colonial times, at first flavored with cinnamon and cayenne, and later with a little sugar.

Refreshments are available at 9:30 a.m. The business meeting will follow at 10:00, with the program beginning at 11:00. *The MHA Docent Committee is a unique volunteer group made up of members who appreciate gaining knowledge about local and regional history. The organization is eager to welcome new members. The MHA Docents celebrated their 20th anniversary in 2013. Founded to train and educate docents to volunteer at local history sites and museums, the organization boasts members who are published authors of local history, a respected committee on period dress, and an experienced open hearth cooking group, the Historical Cooking Guild of the Catawba Valley. They offer biennially the highly successful course on regional history, From Wagon Roads to New South City, as well as providing continuing education programs for the general public and for volunteers and staff at local historic sites.