In the first episode of Object Project's season discussing the material culture of the 1898 Wilmington Massacre, UNCW grad student Aeris introduces Valentine Howe's Fire Horn. This artifact, housed at the Cape Fear Museum of History and Science in Wilmington, frames a story about how the status and value of fire departments (both Black and white) played a intricate part in white supremacist campaign to upend the power and resilience of Wilmington's Black community.