Press Releases Press Release Terms - Any -AwardsCivil WarEducationEducators' NewsletterExhibitsFestivalsGrants and GiftsHighway MarkersHistoric PreservationKids' ActivitiesLecturesLiving HistoryMusicPeopleSpecial ToursThings to Do Pioneer Female African American Lawyer Ruth Whitehead Whaley to be Recognized with Highway Historical Marker Wednesday, May 18, 2022 at 12:00 PM A groundbreaking African American attorney born in Goldsboro soon will have a North Carolina Highway Historical Marker in town. Repaired Highway Marker Honoring Civil Rights Leader Ella Baker to be Reinstalled Friday, March 25, 2022 at 12:00 PM A repaired historical highway marker recognizing a North Carolina civil rights leader soon will be reinstalled at its original location. Originally dedicated in 2011, the marker honors civil rights leader Ella Baker. It was damaged in 2019 and placed in storage. Town Creek Historical Marker to be Unveiled Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 12:00 PM A new Highway Historical Marker soon will commemorate North Carolina’s oldest State Historic Site. Noted Nature Photographer George Masa to be Honored with Historical Marker Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 12:00 PM A man whose photographs of the North Carolina mountains played a crucial role in the creation of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park soon will be recognized with a new North Carolina Highway Historical Marker in Asheville. African American Bus Rider’s 1952 Actions in Roanoke Rapids the Subject of a New Historical Marker Thursday, January 6, 2022 at 12:00 PM An act of civil disobedience soon will be recognized with a new North Carolina Highway Historical Marker in Roanoke Rapids. The marker commemorates the actions of Sarah Keys and the subsequent lawsuit in 1952 that shaped the federal prohibition of segregation during interstate travel. Pastor Who Wrote Eyewitness Account of 1898 Wilmington Coup To Be Honored With Historical Marker Friday, November 5, 2021 at 12:00 PM A pastor who wrote a key eyewitness account of 1898 Wilmington Coup soon will be recognized with a new North Carolina Highway Historical Marker in Wilmington. Wild’s Raid to be Honored with Highway Historical Marker in Elizabeth City Monday, October 18, 2021 at 12:00 PM An important but long-overlooked event from the Civil War in North Carolina soon will get a new North Carolina Highway Historical Marker in Elizabeth City. Endowment Fund Aims to Restore Damaged Highway Historical Markers Wednesday, October 6, 2021 at 12:00 PM The North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program recently established a partnership with the non-profit North Carolina Literary and Historical Association for a historical marker maintenance endowment fund. N.C.-based Women Airforce Service Pilots to be Honored with Historical Marker Friday, September 10, 2021 at 12:00 PM The contributions of more than 1,800 women pilots during World War II soon will be commemorated with a North Carolina Highway Historical Marker. Historical marker for designer associated with Biltmore, Basilica of Saint Lawrence to be unveiled Tuesday, August 31, 2021 at 12:00 PM A historical marker commemorating the life of a renowned immigrant architect and builder soon will be installed near the site of his Black Mountain estate. Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Next page ›› Last page Last » Subscribe to Press Releases