Tag Archives: N.C. State Historic Sites

Grand Entry Ceremony Begins Town Creek Indian Mound Heritage Fest

September 11, 2009 – 8:42 am

MT.GILEAD — Get your camera ready for a traditional powwow atmosphere, and bring along an appetite to the Town Creek Indian Mound State Historic Site annual Heritage Festival Saturday, September 19.
Nearly 1000 years ago American Indians of the Pee Dee culture used these ceremonial grounds. The Heritage Festival festivities begin with the grand entry, a [...]

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Panel Marks Defeat of the Spanish at Brunswick Town

August 20, 2009 – 1:54 pm

WINNABOW – Spanish privateers once held this corner of Carolina in the colonial days of King George’s War. Capt. William Dry III commanded local militia that retook the port of Brunswick in September 1748. A wayside exhibit panel “Capt. William Dry and the Spanish Attack” will be unveiled at Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson State [...]

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Strange and Historic Souvenirs are Feature of State Capitol Family Program

May 14, 2009 – 3:56 pm

RALEIGH—You know how that silly keychain stuck in the back of your drawer always reminds you of that Hawaiian vacation with your fun-loving aunt? A souvenir is an item a traveler brings home because it recalls memories of a trip. The name is taken from a French word spelled the same as the English [...]

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Pirates Opportunistic Operators

January 28, 2009 – 9:39 am

RALEIGH – “Shiver me timbers!” Romantic notions of sabers, swashbucklers, and an exciting life at sea belie the truth of those ancient buccaneers. That truth holds today. Piracy isn’t pretty, it’s parasitic.
North Carolina’s strong relationship with opportunistic pirates will be observed with the March 6 opening of the exhibit, “Knights of the Black Flag” at [...]

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