Historical Downtown Smithfield Ghost Walk

Characters from Johnston County’s past will be brought back to life this year during the 12th Annual Historical Ghost Walk in Smithfield's Riverside Cemetery, beginning at 6:30pm at the corner of Church and Second streets. This year’s ghosts include several fascinating twentieth century personalities—African American minister J. C. Melton, an anonymous sharecropper’s daughter, moonshine king J. Percy Flowers, street preacher Azel Manning, and decorated Vietnam veteran and humanitarian Richard Baroody. This is a fun event and a great way for families to learn about interesting people who are part of the Johnston County story. Visitors will be given guided tours through the cemetery where they will meet each ghost. The tour concludes with light refreshments at the Hastings House, which served as headquarters during the Civil War.

Admission: $3 for adults and $2 for students, payable at the event. No advance tickets will be sold.