Durham – Artists and journalists used their skills to bring the Civil War to life in the 1860s, along with practitioners of the emerging medium of photography. Bennett Place State Historic Site will present Civil War artist Jeff Trexler, wetplate photographer Chris Morgan, and author Jim Wise in a program that examines the craft and [...]
February 4, 2013 – 1:00 pm
DURHAM – Historian Earl Ijames, N.C. Museum of History, will explore “Emancipation Proclamation: An Exploration” and what it really meant for the enslaved, free persons of color, and the rest of the America on Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 23-24, at Bennett Place State Historic Site. The commemoration of 150 years since the issuing of the [...]
December 28, 2012 – 4:02 pm
RALEIGH – The N.C. Department of Cultural Resources will present a number programs throughout 2013 in observance of the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on Jan. 1, 1863, which declared that “all persons held as slaves” in the rebellious states “are, and henceforward shall be free.” The department [...]
September 12, 2012 – 1:24 pm
DURHAM – In conjunction with the 150th Anniversary of the American Civil War, Bennett Place State Historic Site will present “1862, Life on the Homefront in Piedmont North Carolina During the Civil War,” an outdoor educational living history depicting life of the Southern civilians in the second year of the war. Visitors will get to perform [...]
DURHAM – Bennett Place State Historic Site will present a program to remember and honor American soldiers on Saturday, May 26. The Memorial Day tribute is for military personnel over time. History re-enactors will represent some of the first soldiers from the French and Indian War, the American Revolution, and War of 1812. Union and [...]
DURHAM – Local dignitaries and festive bands joined supporters and citizens 50 years ago for the dedication of Bennett Place State Historic Site on April 29, 1962. The dedication date was particularly significant due to its proximity to the April 26, 1865, surrender of Confederate Gen. Joseph Johnston to Union Maj. Gen. William Sherman at [...]
DURHAM – Bennett Place State Historic Sitewill present a free program about the lives of “Tarheel” soldiers in camp on March 24, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., and March -25, and 10 a.m.-3 p.m.”The North Carolina soldier was unique to other Confederate soldiers. In many ways he was clothed and equipped better due to a thriving textile [...]
February 2, 2012 – 4:00 pm
DURHAM – The Bennett Place Support Fund, Inc., a nonprofit group with the mission to support Bennett Place State Historic Site, is presenting a $500 scholarship to a deserving rising North Carolina high school senior at an accredited school. This is the third year for the award. The scholarship application requires two essays, one addressing [...]
January 25, 2012 – 12:59 pm
DURHAM – Words of the formerly enslaved will be shared in a lecture at Bennett Place State Historic Site on Thursday, Feb. 16, 6:30-9 p.m. The presentation, “The First Year of Freedom in North Carolina: Pursuing Freedom with the Hoe and the Sword, the Book and the Lord,” by Dr. Reginald Hildebrand, UNC-Chapel Hill, will [...]
November 30, 2011 – 9:54 am
DURHAM – The smells and tastes of seasonal delights of smoked ham, potato and sausage soup, biscuits, mincemeat pie, and other period pleasures will greet you at the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources’ Bennett Place State Historic Site. The Christmas in the Carolinas During the Civil War program on Saturday, Dec. 10. 10 a.m.-4 p.m., [...]
November 8, 2011 – 9:33 am
Bentonville Battlefield 910-594-0789; http://www.nchistoricsites.org/bentonvi/bentonvi.htm Four Oaks — site of largest Civil War battle in North Carolina Dec. 3, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. — “Civil War Christmas” holiday open house (decorations, music, costumed interpreters) Bennett Place 919-383-4345; http://www.nchistoricsites.org/bennett/bennett.htm Durham — site of largest Civil War Confederate troop surrender Dec. 10 (10 a.m.-4 p.m.) and Dec.11 (10 a.m.-3 [...]
By Richard Barton
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September 21, 2011 – 8:52 am
DURHAM — A signature Sesquicentennial event of the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources’ Bennett Place State Historic Site, “Road to Secession,” will capture the patriotism and fanfare of piedmont North Carolina at the outset of the American Civil War on Saturday, Oct. 8, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., and Sunday, Oct. 9, 10 a.m-3 p.m., in Durham. [...]
DURHAM –Authors will share engaging tales as banjo players and soldier re-enactors surround the grounds of Bennett Place State Historic Site in Durham. Writers Stewart Dunaway, Myron Miller, Keith Jones, and others from across the state will offer a variety of talks on the history and culture of the Old North State. Music, musket firings [...]
DURHAM – Yankees in North Carolina! Just as it was nearly 150 years ago, Union soldiers will occupy Bennett Place State Historic Site in Durham. Then known as Bennett Farm, the April 1865 surrender there of the armies of North and South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, was the largest surrender of the Civil War – [...]
DURHAM – Tar Heel soldiers in Civil War dress along with civilians in period garb will be portrayed by living historians at the July 9 program of 2nd Saturdays at Bennett Place State Historic Site in Durham. The free “Tar Heels and Textiles” program from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. will demonstrate period techniques of [...]