On April 8, 1959, the restored Tryon Palace opened to the public.Interest in rebuilding the parts of the Palace that were lost in a 1798 fire was shown as early as 1925, but it wasn’t until 1945 that Gov. R. Gregg Cherry appointed a commission to study the idea and organize restoration efforts. Maude Moore Latham, a New Bern native who had played in the Palace ruins as a child, served as commission’s chair and committed substantial amounts of her own money to the project.
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Experience the traditions of holidays past with us Nov. 19 during a live webcast from Tryon Palace in New Bern.The webcast, streamed live from His Royal Governor's Cooking Office, will explore the history of the holidays with an 18th-century cooking demonstration, a hands-on historic craft you can make at your location and an interactive discussion exploring colonial holiday traditions.
Happy first day of fall! Autumn is always an amazing time to get out there and explore all the unique outdoor and cultural destinations that the Tar Heel State has to offer.To celebrate this year’s Fall Equinox, we thought we’d share seven activities we have on our fall bucket list that you should try, too:1. Take a stroll in the N.C. Museum of Art’s Museum Park.
Photo: From left to right, Tryon Palace director Philippe Lafargue; Sec. Susan Kluttz; state Reps. Bert Jones, Stephen Ross and Michael Speciale; state Sen. Ron Rabin; and state Reps. Larry Pittman, Pat Hurley and Michele Presnell
Tryon Palace was again in the spotlight last month as Gov. Pat McCrory, Sec. Susan Kluttz and site interim director Philippe Lafargue hosted a number of legislators in New Bern last month.
Tryon Palace was again in the spotlight last month as Gov. Pat McCrory, Sec. Susan Kluttz and site interim director Philippe Lafargue hosted a number of legislators in New Bern last month.
Though the weather outside was frightful, that didn’t stop Sec. Susan Kluttz from joining a record crowd at Tryon Palace’s delightful Christmas Candlelight event Saturday evening.Tryon Palace’s Christmas program has long been a New Bern favorite, but this year’s theme, “Seasons of the Delight,” has taken it to a new level. Each room on the Palace’s first floor is decorated in the style of a different season of the year, and interpreters bring the building alive as it would have been for a masquerade ball hosted by Gov. Josiah Martin.
Sec. Kluttz with Tryon Palace historic interpreter Haron Beatty in the Palace kitchen
Restoring North Carolina’s eighteenth-century capitol, “Tryon’s Palace,” was a daunting prospect in 1929 to all but a small network of visionary ladies, each with ties to the state’s cultural and historic societies.