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Cultural Resources Celebrates Women’s History Month

March 6, 2009 – 4:58 pm

From a United States First Lady to a famed educator to a pioneering parachutist, North Carolina women have made their mark on history. The Department of Cultural Resources offers a number of activities based around Women’s History Month in March.
The State Capitol, Raleigh: “The North Carolina Kids and the Great Depression” is a program on [...]

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Civil War Recruitment, Training Camp Recalled at Bennett Place

August 12, 2008 – 1:58 pm

DURHAM—Come visit a typical Confederate recruiting and training camp at Bennett Place State Historic Site in Durham, when Confederate soldiers of the “Old North State” encamp around the historic Bennett Farm on Saturday, Aug. 23, and Sunday, Aug. 24. Some 50 to 75 period-costumed “soldiers” of the 26th and 6th N.C. Infantry reenactment groups will [...]

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More Families Find Fun at State Historic Sites

August 11, 2008 – 4:39 pm

RALEIGH – With back-to-school shopping well underway and the classroom doors swinging open, families in North Carolina can enjoy the last bit of summer fun at the 27 North Carolina State Historic Sites. A six percent increase in visitation in the 2007-08 fiscal year (FY) compared to last fiscal year shows that visitors are maximizing [...]

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Bennett Place to Mark Largest Surrender

April 21, 2008 – 4:04 pm

  
DURHAM—Relive the April 26, 1865 Confederate surrender at Bennett Place in Durham – the largest of the Civil War – on Saturday, April 26 and Sunday, April 27, at Bennett Place State Historic Site.  The program, which will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day, will include a colorful reenactment of [...]

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Black History Month

January 30, 2008 – 12:46 pm

The N.C. Department of Cultural Resources has scheduled a number of events and programs throughout the month of February to celebrate Black History Month.  Highlights include:
Town Creek Indian Mound: 4-5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 2.  The state historic site will show the film ““Black Indians: An American Story.” Narrated by James Earl Jones, this movie brings [...]

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Civil War Christmas at Bennett Place

December 5, 2007 – 11:43 am

(DURHAM)—Relive how North Carolinians celebrated Christmas during the Civil War at Bennett Place State Historic Site in Durham, Saturday, Dec. 15 and Sunday, Dec. 16 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Decorated as it would have been in North Carolina’s piedmont during a mid-19th century holiday season, the former Bennett Farm will present period [...]

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