February 4, 2008 – 11:23 am
FREMONT —Charles B. Aycock Birthplace State Historic Site in Fremont reopened Tuesday, Feb. 5 following a Jan. 24 fire in the main house of the 19th century family farm. The Wayne County Sheriff’s Department has since confirmed that it is investigating this blaze as a case of arson. Anyone wanting to assist in the home’s restoration may do [...]
February 4, 2008 – 10:52 am
Approximately 58,000 people took advantage of the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see the exhibit “Mysteries of the Lost Colony” and “A New World: England’s First View of America” from the British Museum. The exhibit ran from Oct. 20, 2007, to Jan. 14, 2008, at the N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh.
January 28, 2008 – 4:00 pm
RALEIGH — On Tuesday, Feb. 12, at 2 p.m., Mars Hill College will honor the publication of “‘That Magnificent Army of Youth and Peace’: The Civilian Conservation Corps in North Carolina, 1933–1942,” by Dr. Harley E. Jolley, professor emeritus of history at the college. The book celebrates preserving natural and human resources.
January 28, 2008 – 10:54 am
FOUR OAKS —Archaeologists announced on Friday, Jan. 25, that they have confirmed longstanding stories about a number of Civil War soldiers who died in the 1865 Battle of Bentonville being reburied at the site in the 1890s. Assistant State Archaeologist John Mintz and Wake Forest University Director of Public Archaeology Kenneth Robinson reached this conclusion after [...]
January 24, 2008 – 4:34 pm
FREMONT (Jan. 24, 2008)— A fire of unknown origin broke out at about 4 a.m. this morning and damaged the 19th century Aycock family house at the Charles B. Aycock Birthplace State Historic Site in Fremont. Because of the rapid response of the local area fire departments, the Wayne County Sheriff’s Department and the effectiveness [...]
January 14, 2008 – 3:18 pm
RALEIGH – N.C. Department of Cultural Resources Secretary Lisbeth C. “Libba” Evans read during a story hour for second graders Jan. 9 as part of the kickoff for “Telling Our Stories,” the department’s theme for 2008. Students from Raleigh’s Wiley Elementary School visited the Cameron Village Branch of the Wake County Public Library, where they heard Evans [...]
January 14, 2008 – 2:28 pm
RALEIGH – The North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources received $15,957,400 in December from the General Assembly’s Government Operations Committee for restoration and preservation projects at eight institutions. The projects will commence this year.
In Eastern North Carolina:
–Somerset Place Historic Site, Creswell, will stabilize the foundation of the Collins family home - $2,585,300;
–Mattamuskeet Lodge, Swan Quarter, [...]
January 9, 2008 – 3:26 pm
FREMONT — Though Annabelle the sheep, who lives at Gov. Charles B. Aycock Birthplace in Fremont, became famous back in October when she was stolen and subsequently recovered, these days she’s nursing her two new lambs. “Rocky” and “Bullwinkle” made their debut at the state historic site on Dec. 18. Though still sticking pretty close [...]
January 7, 2008 – 2:56 pm
RALEIGH – There is help at hand for homeschool parents in search of resources for teaching history. The N.C. Office of Archives and History has materials and programs to assist with that. Reed Gold Mine State Historic Site in Cabarrus County will host a free information session for home school educators on Thursday, Jan. 31, [...]
December 14, 2007 – 12:10 pm
WINSTON-SALEM – The North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources announced the formal acceptance of the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA) as an operating entity of the N.C. Museum of Art on Dec. 13, 2007. SECCA is dedicated to creative excellence in the visual arts and interprets the diversity of American contemporary art.