Press Releases

Yesterday, at a historic first joint meeting at the North Carolina State Capitol, the N.C. Historical Commission and the N.C. African American Heritage Commission accepted a draft report summarizing the comments received at eight public hearings held to gather input on plans for a new monument on the State Capitol grounds in Raleigh dedicated to commemorating the achievements of African Americans.

The Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission will hold its quarterly business meeting Saturday, Sept. 17, from 9 a.m. to noon at Mount Carmel AME Church, 507 N. Lord St., Southport, N.C.

A replica of the original yacht that started the America's Cup tradition in 1851 is coming to Beaufort.

Come to Bennett Place Sept. 24 and 25 and watch as members of the 6th and 26th North Carolina Reenactment groups demonstrate some of the basic rudimentary drills that every soldier needed to learn. 

Governor Pat McCrory has proclaimed the week of Sept. 11-17, 2015 as Arts in Education Week in North Carolina.

For many, an introduction to nature and the outdoors came from a doting grandparent or other older relative. To honor those connections for National Grandparents Day, North Carolina State Parks is offering special programs Sept. 9-11 to encourage youngsters and their grandparents or surrogate grandparents, to rediscover the outdoors and each other.

The North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA) was recently named one of the best museums in America by the online magazine INSIDER. The museum was ranked thirteenth out of the top 25 museums in the country by the publication, which were ranked using data from the online technology company Foursquare.   

Folks from across the state will be searching for gold in them hills at Reed Gold Mine Sept. 10. The 27th Annual Pan-O-Lympics, also known as the North Carolina Open Gold Panning Competition, will be under way. There will be fun, prizes and activities for young and old.

Travel back in time at the Duke Homestead and join costumed interpreters as they harvest, loop and cure tobacco to celebrate North Carolina's farming history and culture with the annual Harvest & Hornworm Festival. Taking place Saturday, Sept. 10, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

You can see and learn the difference in a daguerreotype, ambrotype or tintype, at the "Hands on History: Photography" program Saturday, Aug. 27, 10 a.m., at the CSS Neuse Civil War Interpretive Center