Like a boat slowly disappearing in the early morning fog, a lifestyle that has sustained Core Sound residents for more than 200 years is drifting away. Fishermen, boatbuilders and residents in an area of Carteret County known as “Down East” North Carolina are witnessing a steady decline in the commercial fishing industry, one that has [...]
Ah . . . May brings beach days and calm ocean breezes. But the seas are stormy at the N.C. Museum of History, where pirates wreak havoc in the exhibit Knights of the Black Flag. May’s slate of programs includes two fascinating lectures about these seafaring scoundrels.
Pirates won’t invade the coastal waters of the exhibit [...]
The North Carolina Museum of History featured speakers from the recent daylong Lincoln Symposium on its “Bits of History” Podcast Series.
Lincoln Symposium, Lincoln’s Policital Leadership: An Overview
William C. Harris, North Carolina State University
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Lincoln Symposium, Jefferson Davis as President of the Confederacy: A Comparison
Paul D. Escott, Wake Forest University
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Lincoln Symposium, [...]
It made national headlines when North Carolina’s original copy of the Bill of Rights returned to the Tar Heel State in 2005. After 140 years, the historic document was finally home.
An upcoming program at the N.C. Museum of History focuses on the saga of the Bill of Rights, from its theft from the State Capitol [...]
March 19, 2009 – 12:50 pm
RALEIGH – Blackbeard, President Theodore Roosevelt, Henry Ford, and Dr. Seuss are among subjects for middle and high school students as they prepare for National History Day Competition. The 2009 theme is “The Individual in History: Actions and Legacies.” District competitions for National History Day in North Carolina start March 20, and winners advance to [...]
RALEIGH – When today’s 27th North Carolina Troops re-enactors participate in a program at Bentonville Battlefield State Historic Site on Saturday, March 21 and Sunday, March 23, they will wear the same kind of uniforms and carry the same kind of weapons as did the 27th North Carolina Troops during the Civil War. The original [...]
February 28, 2009 – 3:32 pm
National and state leaders will gather for an Arts in Education Conference March 5-7 in Raleigh at Meredith College. Linda Bamford, Arts in Education Director for the N.C. Arts Council, tells us more.
Next, Andrea Gabriel, head of the Resource Management Branch at the State Archives talks about the Outer Banks History Center, which just opened [...]
February 14, 2009 – 1:45 pm
Love is in the air, and on the NC Culture dot com podcast. First up is an exhibit that opens Valentine’s Day weekend at the North Carolina Museum of Art. Alesia DiCosola of the museum staff talks about “Highlights of the American Collection,” which opens Feb. 15.
Sequoyah Winston reads two poems from George Moses Horton. [...]
January 30, 2009 – 7:02 pm
February is Black History Month, and the podcast takes a look at some events that honor the state’s African American heritage. First up, a conversation with Emily Grant of the N.C. Museum of History about its annual African American Heritage Celebration. Next, Terra Schramm, Education and Outreach Coordinator for the State Capitol talks about the Read-In being [...]
January 21, 2009 – 12:52 pm
RALEIGH - The 2009 North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame honorees feature a former great ACC running back, a national championship women’s basketball coach, a football coach who led his teams to three consecutive national championships, a former basketball coach of the year, one of the most influential athletic officials in the nation, and an [...]