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Throughout March, in celebration of Women’s History Month, agencies within the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources will showcase the remarkable contributions of North Carolina women through special programs and exhibits.
Experience history come alive at the Bentonville Battlefield State Historic Site 160th anniversary program March 15-16. Thousands of living historians from across the country will descend on Bentonville Battlefield for one of the nation’s largest battle reenactments.
The North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, Museum of the Albemarle, and Elizabeth City State University, in partnership with PBS North Carolina and Working Films invite teachers and community members to a free screening of American Coup: Wilmington 1898. The film shares the little-known story of a deadly race massacre and carefully orchestrated insurrection in North Carolina's largest city, Wilmington, in 1898.
The Museum of the Albemarle will host our monthly History for Lunch on Wed., April 2 at noon in the Gaither Auditorium. Author LeVern Davis Parker will share the story of life during World War II in Manteo through the lens of the Manteo Boat Building Company. The Museum will offer the History for Lunch program in-person and through Zoom. Registration is not required to attend the lecture in person.The virtual program is supported by Friends of the Museum of the Albemarle.
Stop by the Museum of the Albemarle on Saturday, March 15, 2025, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and pick up a free Take It, Make It packet to celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day. You’ll find at-home activities and learning resources that explore the holiday’s history and traditions. Packets are limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis while supplies last.About the Museum of the Albemarle
Fort Dobbs State Historic Site will offer a glimpse of the harrowing days of the Anglo-Cherokee War on March 1 with a living-history commemoration.
All eyes will be on the skies Friday, Feb. 14, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. as the North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher (NCAFF) hosts the Great Backyard Bird Count. NCAFF environmental educators will inspire the community to join the count and launch newly minted bird counters on an exciting journey to earn an NC Bird Count badge. Special activities throughout the day offer an exciting time for anyone and everyone to help scientists gather information on birds in the state to support their conservation.
On Saturday, Feb. 15 at 2 p.m., Bennett Place State Historic Site will host a free lecture with local historian Ernest Dollar entitled “Jublio: Moments of Freedom, 1865.”Dollar, who serves as director of the Museums Section for the City of Raleigh, will highlight how enslaved people found and claimed freedom for themselves in the final days of the Civil War in North Carolina. This program will explore perspectives of African American men and women’s first moments of freedom as part of the site’s Black History Month programming.
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Learn about Marquis de Lafayette’s final journey through North Carolina.A Zoom teleconference scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 5, from 1-2: p.m., will cover Lafayette’s farewell tour in North Carolina.2025 marks the bicentennial of the southern leg of Lafayette's farewell tour of the United States.The commemorative festivities have begun and will continue into March.