Tag Archives: President James K. Polk State Historic Site

Birthday Cake and Turnips at President Polk Site Saturday, Oct 31

October 16, 2009 – 4:23 pm

PINEVILLE –Yummy German chocolate cake, painted turnips (!), colorful dances and guided tours of gravestones will mark the 214th birthday of one of America’s most effective presidents in a free family program at President James K. Polk State Historic Site on Saturday, Oct. 31, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
According to Irish legend, well before folks carved [...]

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Call Up the Militia! Muster Day at President Polk Historic Site

September 3, 2009 – 2:15 pm

Pack a picnic lunch, throw in some ear plugs, and head to the President James K. Polk State Historic Site for a day on the frontier at a “militia muster” living history program on Sept. 26. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., visitors will see period-costumed interpreters demonstrating military drills and practices, camp life, and [...]

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Sarah Polk Birthday Tea Celebrates Politico First Lady of 1844

August 21, 2009 – 2:15 pm

PINEVILLE – Legend says Andrew Jackson called her “wealthy, pretty, ambitious, and intelligent,” and urged James K. Polk to marry Sarah Childress, which he did. The President James K. Polk Historic Site will have a birthday celebration for that active first lady on Saturday, Sept. 5, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., commemorating her birth on Sept. [...]

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C-SPAN Campaign Bus Visited James K. Polk Historic Site

December 16, 2008 – 11:35 am

Pineville residents and visitors joined the thousands who have toured C-SPAN’s Campaign 2008 Bus as part of the “Road to the White House” tour when the bus rolled into town earlier this month.  The bus made an appearance on Dec. 17 at the President James K. Polk State Historic Site.
The 45-foot mobile production studio was [...]

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1800s Backcountry Christmas Program Dec. 13 at Polk Historic Site

December 10, 2008 – 11:01 am

PINEVILLE - Recall how frontier families marked Christmas in North Carolina’s backcountry during the early 1800s in a free public program slated Saturday, Dec. 13, from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. at the President James K. Polk State Historic Site in Pineville. This colorful event will feature historic buildings decorated in festive 19th century style and period-costumed [...]

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