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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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Exhibits Come Alive Before Your Eyes During “Night at the N.C. Transportation Museum”

February 27, 2009 – 4:06 pm

Exhibits Come Alive Before Your Eyes During “Night at the N.C. Transportation Museum”
SPENCER – Visitors touring the N.C. Transportation Museum “after hours” Friday, March  will see and hear something special. Exhibits will come alive, as those who worked and lived around the machines of the past tell their tales. Volunteers and interpretive historians in period [...]

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Colorful Marchers from State Historic Sites to be in Govenor’s Inaugural Parade

January 9, 2009 – 10:45 am

RALEIGH (Jan. 9, 2009)— Governor-elect Beverly Perdue’s inaugural parade Saturday, Jan. 10, will include music and colorful historic figures. Featuring a theme of “North Carolina: The Future Starts Now” the public and free parade will begin at Davie and Fayetteville streets in downtown Raleigh at approximately 12:30 p.m. following the swearing in ceremonies.
State Historic Sites [...]

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