Honoring ancestors nc in Asheville, North Carolina

The Asheville Museum of History, located at 283 Victoria Road in Asheville, North Carolina, is a renowned tourist attraction and museum. Established by the Louis Lipinsky family, the museum is home to the Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award, which has been presented annually since 1955 to printed works that highlight Western North Carolina. The museum also presents the Outstanding Achievement trophy to individuals or organizations making significant contributions to the preservation and promotion of the region's history. In 2022, Brent Martin won the Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award for his work “George Masa’s Wild Vision: A Japanese Immigrant Imagines Western North Carolina.” In 2021, the RAIL Memorial Project received the award for memorializing the sacrifice of incarcerated laborers who built the WNC Railroad.