Press Releases
Veterans Day Experiences at Cultural and Natural Venues in North Carolina
North Carolina offers some special opportunities to veterans, active military, their families and the public over the Veterans Day weekend. Attractions within the N.C.
State Archives Presents Touring Exhibit on Women’s Suffrage in North Carolina
The year 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, guaranteeing and protecting the right of women to vote.
Help Needed to Recover Missing Torhunta Highway Historical Marker
The Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, which manages the North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, requests the public’s help in locating a missing highway historical marker.
N.C. Government and Heritage Library’s #EverythingNC Author Series Features Dr. Lea E. Williams Nov. 16
The North Carolina Government and Heritage Library will host the last event in their fall #EverythingNC: Author Series Saturday, Nov. 16 at 11 a.m. with a discussion and book signing with Dr.
Join the Cherokee Chamber Singers for a Night at the N.C. State Capitol
Friday, Nov. 22 from 6-7 p.m., join the Cherokee Chamber Singers at the N.C. State Capitol!
N.C. Highway Historical Marker to Commemorate 1898 Wilmington Coup
In the port city of Wilmington, the “Daily Record,” a black-owned newspaper, was burned by an angry white mob Nov. 10, 1898.
National Register Adds Seven North Carolina Historic Places
The North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources is pleased to announce that seven individual properties across the state have been added to the National Register of Historic Places.
N.C. Historical Commission to Meet Oct. 30
The North Carolina Historical Commission will meet at 10 a.m. Wed., Oct. 30 in the Administrative Conference Room of the North Carolina Museum of History, 5 East Edenton St., Raleigh.
Celebrate the Best of the State at North Carolina Awards Event
Celebrate some of the brightest, most creative and giving of North Carolina citizens at the North Carolina Awards ceremony Saturday, Nov. 16 at the Raleigh Convention Center.
Literary Fellows Slated for Public Readings Across North Carolina
The North Carolina Arts Council will offer a series of free readings across the state to spotlight the talents of literary artists who work in fiction, poetry, playwriting, screenwriting and creati
