A new digital exhibit about North Carolina's first governor is now online.
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North Carolina will commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Halifax Resolves with “Prelude to Revolution: Halifax Resolves Days,” an immersive three-day event featuring living history vignettes, lectures, live colonial music and Tryon Palace Fife and Drum Corps performances, historic trades and weapons demonstrations, a military parade, tours, and more. The event will also officially open Historic Halifax State Historic Site’s recently renovated visitor center to the public, unveiling a modern facility and a new exhibit detailing Halifax’s significant role in the state’s history.
Steve Rogers has been selected as the new park superintendent at Jockey’s Ridge State Park in Dare County, North Carolina State Parks announced. N.C. State Parks is part of the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.Park superintendents manage operations and administration at a park and have wide-ranging responsibilities that include staffing, training, law enforcement, planning, resource management, interpretation and education, and visitor services. Rogers succeeds long-time superintendent Joy Cook, who retired in January.
The North Carolina Office of State Archaeology has changed the name and expanded focus for one of its five locations. The Queen Anne’s Revenge Conservation Lab in Greenville was established in 2003 to preserve artifacts from one of North Carolina’s most significant archaeological discoveries — the wreck of Blackbeard’s flagship Queen Anne’s Revenge, formerly the French slave ship, La Concorde. The facility has been renamed the Office of State Archaeology Conservation Lab (OSA Lab).
Garrett German has been chosen as the new park superintendent at Singletary Lake State Park in Bladen County, North Carolina State Parks announced. N.C. State Parks is part of the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
A free-born African American Patriot soldier soon will be recognized with a North Carolina Highway Historical Marker. The N.C. Historical Marker Program is part of the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
The first woman to represent North Carolina in Congress soon will be recognized with a North Carolina Highway Historical Marker. The N.C. Historical Marker Program is part of the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
The North Carolina State Capitol will host a free educational program titled “Built To Last: The N.C. State Capitol,” on Wednesday, March 25 from 10 a.m.- 3 p.m. This interactive learning experience will explore the 19th-century trades and skilled labor that constructed the historic building from 1833-40. All activities will take place outside on the west grounds of the Capitol, rain or shine. The State Capitol is administered by the Division of State Historic Sites, within the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Nyx, Baloo and Bodhi will have an opportunity to take the splash into the big pool at the NC Aquarium at Fort Fisher (NCAFF) on Wednesday, March 11, 9 a.m. at Otters on the Edge. It’s a unique rite of passage for these Asian small-clawed otter pups and one that the community can join in on alongside staff and volunteers. The pups, now three months old, met the milestones of swimming, climbing and eating solid foods.
A man who was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his heroic actions in the Pacific Theater during World War II soon will be recognized with a North Carolina Highway Historical Marker. The N.C. Historical Marker Program is part of the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.