Press Releases
Volunteers Can Help N.C. State Archives Transcribe Archival Records at Home
The State Archives of North Carolina needs volunteers to spend time at home helping to transcribe archival records through its “Transcribe NC” project.
Brunswick Town Fort Anderson State Historic Site Receives $2 Million Grant Award to Stabilize Shoreline
The shoreline at a state historic site on the Cape Fear River in Brunswick County soon will be stabilized.
“More Than a Woman” Program at Reed Gold Mine March 7 and 21, 2020
While the men who first discovered gold in America in 1799 are celebrated, little has been said about the women of the county's first documented gold rush until recently.
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.
Bentonville Battlefield Anniversary Event to Feature Talks by Area African American Descendants
Not blossoms but bullets came to the farms and plantations of North Carolina’s coastal plain during the Battle of Bentonville March 19-21, 1865.
Tours and Talks Highlight CSS Neuse Five-Year-Anniversary Event
Get out around town to see some local Kinston landscapes with new insights during the CSS Neuse fifth anniversary celebration Saturday, March 7, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Fort Dobbs Remembers 1760 Skirmish
Tensions spiraled into hostilities between the former allies of France and England during the French and Indian War, a time of shifting allegiances and loyalties.
Hello NC Initiative Celebrates Rural North Carolina
From hearing the calls of endangered birds in a sanctuary in eastern North Carolina to seeing a mountain sunrise in the west, our state has unlimited rural treasures awaiting discovery.
Aycock Birthplace Celebrates Black History Month
FREMONT, N.C. — Music and dance will resonate at Aycock Birthplace State Historic Site during a free program celebrating Black History Month Saturday, Feb. 22, 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Artist April C.
“Plunging Shot and Screaming Shells:” 155th Anniversary of the Fall of Fort Anderson
Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson State Historic Site will commemorate the 155th anniversary of the fall of Fort Anderson Feb. 15 and 16.
