History buffs, community leaders and preservationists will aid in the preservation of Civil War sites in North Carolina Saturday, April 7, as part of Park Day.
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The CSS Neuse Civil War Interpretive Center in Kinston will present three free educational and engaging presentations, Saturday, Feb. 24, to celebrate Black History month.
Members of the public may use a new online portal to comment on a proposal to relocate three Confederate monuments from the State Capitol grounds in Raleigh to the Bentonville Battlefield State Historic Site in Four Oaks, N.C.
Come to Bennett Place Sept. 24 and 25 and watch as members of the 6th and 26th North Carolina Reenactment groups demonstrate some of the basic rudimentary drills that every soldier needed to learn.
Bennett Place State Historic will host "Medical Practices and Procedures During the Civil War" July 16-17. The free program will be 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday.
Get up close and personal with Civil War-era shells and weapons at the CSS Neuse Civil War Interpretive Center's "Hands on History: Ordnance" program. The event, June 25, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., is the first in the site's "Hands on History" series on the last Saturday of the month, June through September.
Discover camp life and the role of the Civil War enlisted man in battle at Bentonville Battlefield State Historic Site Saturday, June 11.
State of the art technology has yielded an image with unprecedented detail of the recently located wreck of the Civil War blockade runner Agnes E. Fry.
Fireworks, cannon blasts, Civil War re-enactments, a U.S. Marine Corps Band concert and a series of family friendly events will be among the many activities offered April 22-24 at Fort Macon State Park.