Press Releases

The meeting of opposing generals inside the humble parlor of James and Nancy Bennett was a small part of making peace and ending the Civil War. Why did the negotiations take days longer than those at Appomattox? How did the ending impact black and white civilians, the free and enslaved?

Surveyor, soldier, statesman, governor – Richard Caswell served North Carolina in many capacities and the Richard Caswell Memorial State Historic Site reopens April 7 with a celebration, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Damage from Hurricane Matthew led the N.C.

From earlier days at Palmer Memorial Institute, visionary women shaped the institution into an elite preparatory school for African Americans that closed in 1971.

Fort Dobbs State Historic Site will offer a glimpse of the harrowing days of the Anglo-Cherokee War Feb. 24-25.  The Cherokee had been allies of the British when the French and Indian War started in 1754, but tensions quickly spiraled into hostilities.

Were 18th-century pirates literate? What sort of books did they keep on board ship? A fascinating new discovery at the Queen Anne’s Revenge Conservation Lab in Greenville helps answer those questions.

While there are many followers of Jack Sparrow and his ship Black Pearl, of Pirates of the Caribbean fame, history lovers can follow the evolution of the flesh and blood pirate Blackbeard, and his flagship Queen Anne’s Revenge.

Fort Dobbs State Historic Site will feature living history interpreters recreating an 18th century militia muster July 23-24.

The 1780 log home of John Allen and Rachel Stout will be celebrated June 4 at Alamance Battleground in Burlington