RALEIGH – Memorial Day is for remembrance of the nation’s fallen heroes, and to celebrate patriotic symbols. In addition to the many symbols of the country, the state of North Carolina has a noteworthy collection of symbols as well. The State Library of North Carolina, within the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources, offers a [...]
RALEIGH – When the crowd gathers on Monday, May 25, to dedicate the latest N. C. Highway Historical Maker, it will be in tribute to James McConnell, an American flyer who died in service to France during World War I. The 2 p.m. ceremony will be held on McReynolds Street in Carthage, across from [...]
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The Department of Cultural Resources hosted a public meeting May 27, 2009, 12:30 pm at the North Carolina Museum of History, to discuss North Carolina Arts Council proposals to develop four exciting Heritage trails.
Each trail is a creative economies project that builds upon North Carolina’s excellent reputation as [...]
The Department of Cultural Resources will host a public meeting to discuss North Carolina Arts Council proposals to develop four exciting Heritage trails.
When: May 27, 2009, 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Where: The North Carolina Museum of History in Raleigh. Click here for map and directions.
We hope the 12:30 meeting time will allow people to attend [...]
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Jake Turney, a junior at West Forsyth High School, feels he has made some new friends in South Korea. “After meeting the students from Seoul,” Jake said, “I realized how lucky I am not to have to go to school for 14 hours a day.”
Jake was a part of the recent Switch [...]
During The War Between the States, both sides used of a wide array of weapons, both domestically manufactured and imported from abroad. Supplying the troops with the proper ammunition was an ongoing struggle, particularly for the Confederacy. On Thursday, May 28 at 7:00 pm., the Museum of the Cape Fear Historical [...]
RALEIGH – Visitors to the Mountains Branch Library in Lake Lure will discover new views of North Carolina in the “Telling Our Stories Photography Exhibit,” May 28-June 18. It includes 50 images from the state’s mountains to the coast that show different events and time periods. Organized by the N.C. Department of Cultural [...]
The first fully authenticated pirate ship discovered in North America was located by underwater explorer Barry Clifford in 1984. The Whydah Galley, originally a slave ship, was captured off the Bahamas by pirates in February 1717 but sank in a fierce storm off Cape Cod, Mass., two months later.
After discovering the shipwreck, Clifford and his [...]
HATTERAS–Drew Pullen, an authority on the Civil War on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, give a free public presentation, “Flags Over Hatteras,” at the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum on Wednesday, May 20, at 7 p.m.
In May 1861, the Atlantic Blockading Squadron Board of Strategy regarded the “…sterile, half drowned shores of North Carolina…” with little [...]
RALEIGH—You know how that silly keychain stuck in the back of your drawer always reminds you of that Hawaiian vacation with your fun-loving aunt? A souvenir is an item a traveler brings home because it recalls memories of a trip. The name is taken from a French word spelled the same as the English [...]