Press Releases

Somerset Spring Yard and Market Sale April 14

Spring is here and often that means renewal, sorting and taking inventory. It’s the perfect time for the Somerset Yard and Market Sale Saturday, April 14, 10 a.m.to 2 p.m.

Public Comment Period on Proposal to Move Confederate Monuments to Close April 12

Raleigh, N.C.

Park Day at Historic Sites Update

Due to potentially inclement weather, two of the four state historic sites planning Park Day for April 7 have rescheduled.

Blackbeard’s Flag to Fly on NC Ferries This Season

Ahoy, mateys! If ye be sailing for Ocracoke or Bath this year, be prepared to do so under the black flag of the dreaded pirate Blackbeard.

Bennett Place Commemorates Civil War-Ending Surrender Negotiations

The meeting of opposing generals inside the humble parlor of James and Nancy Bennett was a small part of making peace and ending the Civil War.

Storytelling and Craft Mornings at CSS Neuse

Parents, there are fun, interactive, educational activities waiting for your little ones at the CSS Neuse Civil War Interpretive Center this spring and summer.

N.C. Highway Historical Marker Commemorates Jewish Agricultural Colony

A community of Jewish immigrants was recruited to settle in rural eastern North Carolina at one of six colonies envisioned and financed by Wilmington’s Hugh MacRae, beginning early in the 1900s.

Park Day Volunteers Needed April 7

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.

Rare Dinosaur Eggs Discovered by N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences Paleontologist

Aycock Birthplace Calls for Vendors for April 14 Community Yard Sale

Spring cleaning often means letting go of those things you really don’t use anymore, and the Aycock Birthplace Community Yard Sale could be the answer to what to do with your discards.