Press Releases
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.
Tickets for the Largest Civil War Re-enactment and Family Day Available
Advance tickets for the country’s largest Civil War re-enactment of 2020, the 155th anniversary of the Battle of Bentonville slated for March 21-22, are limited but still available.
Black Gold – African American Gold Miners in North Carolina Black History Month Tour
The origins and impact of slavery in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, and the benefits of slave labor to Reed Gold Mine will be examined during Black History Month.
CSS Neuse Interpretive Center Unveils “Treasures from the Vault” Feb. 5
Rarely seen Civil War-era artifacts will be on view when the “Treasures from the Vault” exhibit opens Feb. 5 at the CSS Neuse Civil War Interpretive Center.
WWII N.C. Military Base Newsletters Available Online Through State Archives
A collection of North Carolina military installation camp newsletters and newspapers from World War II are now available online as part of the State Archives of North Carolina’s Military Collection
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.
