SALISBURY — Rain on Friday didn’t prevent the city from dedicating the 20th marker on the Salisbury History and Art Trail.
A small crowd enjoyed a re-enactment of the “female raid,” as the press dubbed an event 150 years ago when about 40 wives and mothers of Confederate soldiers invaded Salisbury and convinced local merchants to share flour, salt and other much-needed staples.
The Salisbury Public Art Committee and Bread Riot dedicated the marker commemorating the Female Raid of 1863.
The First United Methodist Church porte cochere offered a stage for the re-enactors and dry vantage point for attendees to see the marker without getting soaked.