Alamance Battleground State Historic Site will host a day of family fun and education on Saturday, Sept. 12, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. This event will feature historical trade demonstrations, a cannon firing, historical music, a food truck, and much more! Alamance Battleground is administered by the Division of State Historic Sites within the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources (DNCR).
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A book offered by the North Carolina Office of Archives and History, in partnership with America 250 NC, has been selected to represent North Carolina at the annual Library of Congress National Book Festival.
The National Book Festival will be held in Washington, D.C. on Saturday Aug. 22. A selection of programs will be livestreamed online, and videos of all programs will be available shortly after the festival concludes.
The State Archives of North Carolina, a division of the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, invites the public to attend an upcoming webinar, “From Enslavement to Reconstruction: Lives of the Greene County USCT,” to commemorate Juneteenth.
The State Archives will host a virtual program that discusses the experiences of free women of color during the Revolutionary Era. The State Archives is a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
The free event is scheduled June 11, noon-1 p.m., and will commemorate Juneteenth and the America 250 NC celebration.
Young historians from across the state gathered in Winston-Salem on Friday, April 17, for the 2026 Tar Heel Junior Historian Association (THJHA) Annual Convention, hosted by the
Curious about Kinston during the Civil War? The CSS Neuse Museum invites the public to step back in time on Saturday, March 7, from 10 a.m.-3 p.m., for “Kinston’s Civil War Experience: Homefront, Sailors, and Soldiers.” This engaging and immersive event will explore life in Lenoir County in the 1860s. The CSS Neuse Museum is administered by the Division of State Historic Sites, part of the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
In the ultimate battle for survival, every animal has a plan. Explore the striking ways nature fights back in “Staying Alive,” a new special exhibition showing at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences from March 14 through Aug. 23. The Museum is an agency of the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.