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Folk Heritage Association of Macon County North Carolina Linking Our Past to Our Future About the FHAMC The Folk Heritage Association of Macon County FHAMC is dedicated to preserving and sharing the culture and folkways of our Southern Appalachian Mountains. In this world of instant gratification and communication unique and important lessons can be learned from the lives of those whose survival depended on ingenuity hard work and mutual help and support from their neighbors. The founding members understood that with the increasing development and changing lifestyles in our county this priceless heritage was in danger of being lost simply by our indifference and neglect. According to Websters dictionary heritage is the culture which is handed down to one by ancestors history is defined as recorded narrative of past events.