The CSS Neuse Gunboat Association has agreed to cover the cost of Green Lamp Head Start's Nov. 18 visit to the CSS Neuse Civil War Interpretive Center. As a nonprofit, Green Lamp has a limited fund to cover off-site trips.
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The North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources State Historic Preservation Office (HPO) is pleased to announce support to 11 historic preservation projects in nine counties around the state with awards of $95,050 in federal grants for 2015.
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced today that nine nonprofit organizations in the state will receive more than $225,000 as part of the second round of grants for fiscal year 2015.
The 33rd Regiment North Carolina State Troops first saw battle at New Bern on March 14, 1862. There the unit lost 32 men and 28 were wounded. Union Brig. Gen. John G. Foster reported the capture of the 33rd Regiment’s commander, Col. Clark M. Avery, and 150 of his men during the battle.
A gift for the New Year will be presented to the CSS Neuse Civil War Interpretive Center Jan. 20 at 2 p.m., in the form of a cannon carriage crafted by students at Lenoir Community College. The wooden carriage has been reconstructed based on original drawings and will be placed in the casemate, a fortified structure where the cannon would be located. It is part of the Civil War 150th anniversary commemoration administered by the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources.