Press Releases
Pastor Who Wrote Eyewitness Account of 1898 Wilmington Coup To Be Honored With Historical Marker
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
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
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 en
N.C.-based Women Airforce Service Pilots to be Honored with Historical Marker
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
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.
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program Gets Fund-raising Partner
A new opportunity to support the North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program will help repair or replace damaged historical highway markers.
N.C. Civil Rights Trail Announces Three New Markers
The North Carolina Civil Rights Trail is proud to announce that three historical markers will be added to the trail system following the first round of applications.
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. 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.
Help Needed to Recover Missing Stoneman’s Raid Highway Historical Markers
The Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, which manages the North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, requests the public’s help in locating two missing highway historical markers. They both are related to Stoneman’s Raid.
