Mount Pleasant now has its second mural in the “Layers of History” mural program.  “Greetings from Mont Amoena” honors the legacy of the Mont Amoena Female Seminary which educated young women from 1859 to 1927 in Mount Pleasant. The name “Mont Amoena” was derived from the Latin for “Mount Pleasant”. The new mural is located just 600 feet north of where Mont Amoena once stood, on the side wall of the Michele Burns Esthetics building on South Main Street facing the Buddy’s Place Restaurant parking lot and Franklin Street near the Mont Amoena State Historical Marker. The mural was designed by Caswell Turner Munjas of Cicada Studios from the extensive treasure trove of photographs assembled by the Eastern Cabarrus Historical Society and the thesis project work of Denise Steward McLain, “Memories of Mont Amoena” (https://montamoena.org/). Mural installation was completed by TPM Color Lab. This project is supported by a grant from the Grassroots Arts Program of the North Carolina Arts Council, a state agency, and the Cabarrus Arts Council.  For more information about the Cabarrus Arts Council, visit www.CabarrusArtsCouncil.org.