October 30, 2009 – 1:08 pm
RALEIGH – Since 1964, about 250 North Carolinians have received the state’s highest civilian honor, the North Carolina Award. Six outstanding North Carolinians received the award at the ceremony at the N.C. Museum of History on Thursday night. The North Carolina Award, the state’s highest honor, was presented by Gov. Beverly Perdue in the areas [...]
October 30, 2009 – 12:42 pm
On Sunday, Nov. 1, the Tryon Palace Theatre will host “Civil War Stories” at 2 p.m. The free program is in the Visitor Center Auditorium. Storyteller Terry Rollins will share tales relating to the Civil War, including a Civil War letter from a 16-year-old girl about the trials of battle happening around her home, the [...]
October 29, 2009 – 2:11 pm
(ASSIGNMENT/CALENDAR EDITORS: The North Carolina Awards will be presented at 8 p.m. Thursday Oct. 29, at the N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh. Contact the Cultural Resources Information and Marketing Services Office, (919) 807-7389 or 7385, for additional information and biographical background.) (RALEIGH) — The North Carolina Awards, the state’s highest civilian honor, will be [...]
October 29, 2009 – 2:06 pm
SPENCER – The N.C. Transportation Museum offers a great event for kids and parents, celebrating the spookiest of holidays. The Pumpkin Patch Express and Pumpkin Patch Fair is a Halloween tradition at the N.C. Transportation Museum. Kids can dress in their Halloween costumes for a train ride and special activities at the Bob Julian Roundhouse. [...]
October 27, 2009 – 3:59 pm
FOUR OAKS – Advance tickets are now available for purchase for the 145th anniversary of the Battle of Bentonville, North Carolina’s largest Civil War reenactment, slated for March 20-21, 2010, at Bentonville Battlefield State Historic Site. Advance tickets — purchased before March 1, 2010 — are $8 for adults and $4 for children aged 7-12. [...]
October 27, 2009 – 3:52 pm
To commemorate November’s American Indian Heritage Month, Town Creek Indian Mound will present the “Movies at the Mound Series” on four Sunday afternoons throughout the month. On November 1, 8, 15, and 22, visitors will have the opportunity to watch films that give insight into the culture of American Indians. The films are produced by [...]
October 23, 2009 – 3:48 pm
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA), Winston-Salem State University (WSSU) and the university’s Diggs Gallery are working with the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) and the City of Winston-Salem to present the work of Canadian street artist Roadsworth. He is the sixth artist in SECCA’s year-long public art program Inside [...]
October 22, 2009 – 8:33 am
The Governor Charles B. Aycock Birthplace State Historic Site will hold a celebration on Sunday, Nov. 1, from 1-5 p.m. to mark the re-opening of the former Governor’s boyhood home for tours. The historic house suffered significant damage in a fire on Jan. 24, 2008, and has been closed to the public since then. On [...]
October 21, 2009 – 2:31 pm
WILMINGTON, NC – Come have fun aboard the Battleship NORTH CAROLINA for the 1st annual Batty Battleship’s Halloween Bash. Carnival festivities will invite trick-or-treaters of all ages on Tuesday, October 27 from 5:30 to 8:30 pm. Bring your family in their best Halloween Costumes for games, candy and more! Inflatable bouncer, fishing for ducks it’s [...]
October 21, 2009 – 2:27 pm
During the Vietnam War, dog handlers served with their dogs in more than 88,000 missions. The dogs saved the lives of more than 10,000 American soldiers. On Sunday, Nov. 8, Jeff Bonemeyer, a living-history presenter, and his German shepherd, Heidi, will give a demonstration of a U.S. Army dog team at the Museum of the [...]
October 21, 2009 – 2:24 pm
History and Agriculture collaborate on Fair exhibit North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture Steve Troxler and North Carolina Museum of History Director Ken Howard spent opening day at the State Fair together, where their two organizations are collaborating to bring fairgoers a taste of North Carolina and a brush with Blackbeard. The Museum has recreated part [...]
October 20, 2009 – 4:25 pm
BEAUFORT – A 4 ½-foot grapnel (a small four-pronged anchor) resting loosely in the sand will be brought up from the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday, Oct. 21, near Beaufort. A team of N.C. Department of Cultural Resources archaeologists and conservators will turn to recovery instead of maintenance and preservation at the site of the wreck [...]
October 20, 2009 – 9:35 am
On Oct. 29, 2009, the 80th anniversary of the 1929 stock market crash, the N.C. Museum of History will open an exhibit of photographs documenting daily life in rural North Carolina during the Great Depression. In Search of a New Deal: Images of North Carolina, 1935-1941, will feature 50 Farm Security Administration photographs that provide [...]
October 20, 2009 – 8:59 am
RALEIGH – A fresh look at North Carolina will be at the Rowan Public Library in Salisbury (201 W. Fisher St.) Oct. 22-Nov. 12. The “Telling Our Stories” Photography Exhibit 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 Resources, [...]
October 19, 2009 – 10:41 am
RALEIGH – The many forms of records from individuals, agencies and communities will be celebrated Oct. 19-25, Archives Week in North Carolina. N.C. Department of Cultural Resources Secretary Linda Carlisle will present the Archives Week Proclamation signed by Gov. Bev Perdue in observation of Archives Week to State Archivist Dick Lankford on Wednesday, Oct. 21, [...]