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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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