While the men who first discovered gold in America in 1799 are celebrated, little has been said about the women of the county's first documented gold rush until recently.
Not blossoms but bullets came to the farms and plantations of North Carolina’s coastal plain during the Battle of Bentonville March 19-21, 1865. The fighting raged just yards from the home of John and Amy Harper, and Union forces made their house a hospital.
Spring is almost here and for generations that has meant preparing the fields and planting crops. Aycock Birthplace State Historic Site will showcase some of the workings of a late 1870s farm on Wednesday, March 4.
Get out around town to see some local Kinston landscapes with new insights during the CSS Neuse fifth anniversary celebration Saturday, March 7, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. A tour of the museum, two battlefield tours and a living history demonstration will make for a day of fun and facts.
Programs celebrating women’s history will be offered at venues of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources in March.
North Carolina high school students from 25 counties across the state will take the stage on Saturday, Feb. 22, in Greensboro, to compete in the annual statewide Poetry Out Loud competition.
The Hamiltones, a Grammy-nominated gospel group from the Charlotte area, will perform at the Executive Mansion on Wednesday, Feb. 19, kicking off a new season of “Music at the Mansion,” hosted by First Lady Kristin Cooper.
The N.C. African American Heritage Commission (AAHC), a division of the N.C.
Tensions spiraled into hostilities between the former allies of France and England during the French and Indian War, a time of shifting allegiances and loyalties. Fort Dobbs State Historic Site will capture the climax of those pressures that erupted in a confusing night-time skirmish on Feb.
From hearing the calls of endangered birds in a sanctuary in eastern North Carolina to seeing a mountain sunrise in the west, our state has unlimited rural treasures awaiting discovery.