The N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh announces the acquisition of a Confederate battle flag associated with a major turning point of the Civil War — the death of Lt. Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson. The flag was carried by the 18th Regiment North Carolina Troops, which was responsible for the accidental shooting of the [...]
SEDALIA - For the first time in over 20 years, Maria Cole, widow of music legend Nat “King” Cole, visited the Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum State Historic Site in Sedalia Monday, June 9. Mrs. Cole spoke at a ceremony honoring her aunt Dr. Brown and received the Dr. Charlotte Hawkins Brown Living Legacy Award.
The Third [...]
Are you having trouble finding a different type of gift for that special dad for Father’s Day? Look no further than the colorful shelves of the Museum Shop at the N.C. Museum of History in downtown Raleigh.
A new addition to the gift selection this year is the travel book Homegrown Handmade: Art Roads and Farm [...]
New Guidebook Promotes
“Agri-Cultural Tourism”
Eclectic sites abound in Homegrown Handmade: Art Roads and Farm Trails, a new travel guide to authentic arts and agricultural experiences, unique places and people in North Carolina. The 400-page book of 16 self-directed driving trails with ideas for affordable travel includes almost 1,300 sites in 76 North Carolina counties.
The trails are [...]
The remains of a fossilized whale, estimated to be 1 million years old have been found in Lake Waccamaw.
Follow the links below to read more about this interesting discovery.
Whale of a find in Lake Waccamaw
Digging for prehistoric whale bones on Lake Waccamaw
RALEIGH - A hard-fought battle for the 2008 N.C. History Bowl championship came to a blazing finish late this afternoon with West Craven Middle School of New Bern winning the consistently tough competition against finalist McDougle Middle School of Chapel Hill.
Students from seven middle schools across the state (including two from the Craven County/New Bern [...]
RALEIGH - “Who was North Carolina’s longest serving governor?” “Name the two women pirates who served on the crew of Captain “Calico Jack” Rackham.” “The bloodiest slave revolt in American history occurred along the Virginia-North Carolina border in 1831. Who led this slave uprising?” (Answers: Gabriel Johnston, Anne Bonny and Mary Read, and Nat Turner.) [...]
RALEIGH — North Carolina students are talking back to authors. As participants in the 2008 “Letters About Literature” contest, 1,483 middle and high school students communicated with an author about how reading the writer’s book has made a significant difference in the student’s life. In an age of iPods and wii, these students find that [...]
April 23, 2008 – 11:00 am
Students perform for History Day
RALEIGH – More than 250 middle and high school students will bring alive lessons from the past during a statewide history competition on Saturday, April 26, at the N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh. Competitors were identified in regional contests throughout the state.