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Thank you to everyone who shared a post or made a financial contribution on Deacs Day of Giving! 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About The Museum

Calvin Jones House
The Dr. Calvin Jones House once sat at the center of a 615-acre plantation.

WFC Birthplace Society
The Wake Forest College Birthplace Society has spent more than half a century preserving and sharing Wake Forest’s history.

