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April 27, 2024, 7pm - 9pm
Join us as we launch an evening component to our commemoration of the surrender at Bennett Place. This event will honor the lives of enslaved people in North Carolina who gained their freedom at the end of the Civil War.
April 27, 2024, 10am - 4pm
Join us as we commemorate the 159th anniversary of the Civil War surrender at the Bennett farmhouse! The daytime event features costumed interpretation of military and civilian life during the Civil War. The event is $5 for adults and $2 for children and seniors.
April 20, 2024, 11am - 1:45pm
Join us on Saturday April 20, 2024 as we celebrate Earth Day!For this event, we're proud to partner with Duke University students to highlight how history & science can go hand-in-hand to teach us about the world around us. At 1pm, Duke graduate student Kalei Porter will lead a guided tour of the nature trail to explore how history and science meet.
March 9, 2024, 11:15am - 12:15pm
We often talk about Duke Homestead as the birthplace of Washington Duke’s tobacco business. But it was also the birthplace of some important Duke family members, and where a handful of women worked to raise those children and maintain a home.
November 16, 2024, 10am - 3pm
Join us at the Governor Richard Caswell Memorial as we honor Caswell’s long service as a political leader of the British colony and the fledgling State of North Carolina. A living history event will take place with members of the Dobbs County Militia reenactment group, showing how they prepared for the coming conflict with Great Britain.
December 19, 2024, 10am - 3pm
Christmas Open House!
July 13, 2024, 10am - 4pm
Naval living history event!
May 4, 2024, 10am - 3pm
FREE ADMISSION DAY!The Civil War devastated both sides with blood on the battlefield and disease. Of the approximately 620,000 soldiers who died in the war, two-thirds of these deaths were not the result of enemy fire but of a force more potent than any army of men: disease. Join Andy Bennett to learn about Civil War medicine, including field wounds, procedures, and diseases.The Clara Barton: Angel of the Battlefield Traveling Exhibit will also be on display on the mezzanine.If you have any questions, please call 252-526-9600, ext. 221.
March 2, 2024, 10am - 3pm
FREE ADMISSION DAY!
October 19, 2024, 10am - 5pm
Join Horne Creek Farm for our annual Cornshucking Frolic on Saturday, October 19th from 10 am - 5pm. The day will highlight history, heritage crafts, music, and fun!The event is sponsored and organized by the North Carolina Living Historical Farm Committee, Inc.Admission fees are as follows:Adults: $8.00, Children 6 - 12: $5.00, & Children 5 & Under: Free.