November 20, 2009 – 6:02 pm
GREENVILLE – Since the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources (NCDCR)began excavating the shipwreck believed to the Queen Anne’s Revenge (QAR), Blackbeard’s flagship, more than 250,000 objects have been recovered from the Atlantic Ocean, near Beaufort. All recovered artifacts go through the NCDCR QAR conservation lab located at East Carolina University in Greenville. On [...]
November 18, 2009 – 4:44 pm
Editors Note: Please respond if your organization will attend by Thursday, Oct. 19, at 5 p.m., call (919) 807-7389 or email fay.mitchell@ncdcr.gov.
GREENVILLE — Study of artifacts from the shipwreck of the presumed Queen Anne’s Revenge, Blackbeard’s flagship, continues to illuminate details of pirate life. A media review of the latest findings on [...]
November 9, 2009 – 10:52 am
KURE BEACH –The CSS Appomattox went down in flames in 1862 as her Confederate crew set her ablaze while fleeing Union forces. A team of volunteer divers has located the Civil War shipwreck and its identity has been confirmed by the Underwater Archaeology Branch, N.C. Office of Archives and History in the North Carolina Department [...]
November 6, 2009 – 5:24 pm
Project includes new building and landscape design, major growth in collection
The North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA)—one of the most important and distinguished museums in the South—is in the final stage of a three-year expansion and will reopen to the public in April 2010, following a seven-month closure. The completed expansion will dramatically transform the [...]
November 6, 2009 – 3:11 pm
RALEIGH, N.C. – The North Carolina Symphony today announced the release of its internationally distributed recording featuring pianist Yevgeny Sudbin, the second of two compact discs with renowned Scandinavian classical music label BIS Records.
Recorded in Meymandi Concert Hall at the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Raleigh, the CD features works by [...]
November 5, 2009 – 12:26 pm
Editor’s note: Stories on Blackbeard’s November ties are welcome now. This event is for the media only. It will review work on artifact investigation from the presumed Queen Anne’s Revenge shipwreck, Blackbeard’s flagship.
GREENVILLE – November was a big month for the pirate Blackbeard. He captured the vessel La Concorde in November [...]
November 4, 2009 – 5:01 pm
RALEIGH – Historian David Cecelski will discuss the search for Abraham Galloway in the State Archives, Bland Simpson will explore North Carolina’s sound country and inner islands, and books about unruly women will take top prizes at the North Carolina Book Awards. The presentations will be part of the Nov. 13-14 joint meeting of [...]
November 3, 2009 – 5:22 pm
Scouts will camp at the museum, learn about railroading and earn their Railroading Merit Badge
SPENCER, N.C. – More than 400 Boy Scouts will spend a busy and fun-filled weekend at the N.C. Transportation Museum during Rail Camp, Nov. 6-8. Troops will spend Friday through Sunday at the museum, the site of the former Spencer [...]
November 3, 2009 – 5:18 pm
RALEIGH – The book recounting the only known coup d’état in American history is now available.
“A Day of Blood: The 1898 Wilmington Race Riot,” by LeRae Umfleet, is published by the Historical Publications Section of the N.C. Office of Archives and History and the African American Heritage Commission, and is available through Historical Publications.
“On Nov. [...]