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A new traveling exhibit about The First Gulf War: The War to Free Kuwait, opens Friday, Nov. 4, at the N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh. The Government of the State of Kuwait funded the exhibit to honor the 75,000 men and women, and their units, stationed in North Carolina, who served and sacrificed to liberate Kuwait.
A traveling exhibit, "So Great the Devastation: The 1916 Flood", recalls the catastrophe and will remain at Chimney Rock State Park through July 25.
The point of controversy eventually rested on one issue and the argument in North Carolina was vigorous and, at times contentious. Conservatives led by James Iredell wanted the document left alone. Their opponents, led by Willie Jones, insisted on added protections for individual liberties.
After more than 30 years in storage, four small hand-crafted dioramas from the famous Blockade Runner Museum have come home to Carolina Beach thanks to a partnership between the Friends of Fort Fisher, Inc., Town of Carolina Beach and Fort Fisher State Historic Site.
A collection of documents on revolutionary politics in North Carolina will be on display in Mattocks Hall inside the North Carolina History Center, Saturday, June 4.
NASA’s Destination Station is coming to Raleigh on Friday, May 6.
Babies were torn from mothers' arms. Landslides wiped out families and homes. At least 50 people died. This was the impact of the flood of 1916 when two hurricanes collided over western North Carolina.Mountain Gateway Museum will recall the catastrophe with the "So Great the Devastation: The 1916 Flood" exhibit, opening May 1. The free traveling exhibit consists of four interpretive panels and an interactive touch screen. It will run through May 31 before moving to Asheville.
A new exhibit opening May 6 at the Museum of the Cape Fear will focus on chaning funerary practices.
The CSS Neuse Civil War Interpretive Center will host a program that examines medicine during the Civil War May 7.
Early documents are preserved by the State Archives will be exhibited on the first floor of the Legislative Building April 25 and 26.