‘The Quiet Regiment’ featured at Riddick Folly

Published 12:00 am Thursday, June 12, 2003

&uot;The Quiet Regiment: Those Who Stayed Behind&uot; is the title of an exhibit by the Suffolk-Nansemond Historical Society that is showing at Riddick’s Folly through June. The display is loosely based on a historical society publication, &uot;The Quiet Regiment,&uot; which is about civilians in Suffolk and Nansemond County during the Civil War. Viewing the exhibit are Hunter Duggan and her son, Griffin, great-great-great-granddaughter and great-great-great-great-grandson of Benjamin Riddick, Civil War mayor of Suffolk. With them is Susan Woodward, two of whose great-great-grandmothers are featured in the display. Riddick’s Folly is at 510 N. Main St., and is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday – Friday; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday; and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday.

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