Join us on Saturday, March 22 for our Spring Storytime! Families with young children can enjoy Spring-themed picture book readings in the Vance house at 10am, 11am, 12pm, and 1pm.
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Join us for an evening beneath one of the last great dark sky sites in the North Carolina piedmont! The event kicks off at 7pm with the auditorium presentation “What’s Up?” – an introduction to the planisphere, an overview of sights to be seen this evening.
Join us for an evening beneath one of the last great dark sky sites in the North Carolina piedmont!
Join us for a short program to learn about the Carolina Gold Rush and the Charlotte Mint! We will make covered wagons and clay coins!
Parents can register kids by emailing the site at polk@dncr.nc.gov or calling at (704) 889-7145
Experience an authentic Christmas of long ago in the warm glow of lantern light. Enjoy homes, public buildings, and taverns decorated for the season with festive, all-natural décor. Interactive historical vignettes will bring each building to life. Enjoy a warm fire in the Tap Room tavern just as guests did two hundred years ago! Tickets go on sale Nov. 1st.
Come learn about the traditional crafts and trades that helped to make Halifax “The Hub of the Roanoke”. See traditional crafts being made, talk with the tradesmen and women of the era, and discover how people lived and labored in early Halifax.
Did you know that North Carolina’s first public reading of the Declaration of Independence took place in Halifax on August 1st, 1776? Join historical interpreters as they reenact events surrounding the joyous news of American independence from Britain. At 12:00pm, see a reenactor portray Cornelius Harnett, President of the Council of Safety, read the Declaration for the first time in North Carolina.
Enjoy the Fourth of July in the historic town of Halifax at an event complete with an interactive reading of the Declaration of Independence. Stay for the Town's fireworks display that evening.
A commemoration of the 149th anniversary of the adoption of the Halifax Resolves, the first official call for independence from Britain by elected leaders representing an entire colony. Two days of living-history demonstrations, ceremonies, historical presentations, tours and interactive, family-friendly activities all combine for a town-wide historical event.
You're invited to join us at Christmas by Candlelight - Experience an 1870s North Carolina Christmas with Duke Homestead!