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Cornshucking Frolic - Horne Creek Farm

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.

Sheep Shearing Day

Come out to the farm and learn about Horne Creek's Gulf Coast Native Sheep. Then, watch as staff and volunteers shear some of our wooly friends for the spring.

Shearing will take place two times on the 27th: 10:00 am - 11:45 am and 1:30 pm - 2:45 pm.

Douglass Day 2024 at Stagville

Celebrate the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass! On Douglass Day, joining a national effort to create new digital resources for African American history. Join us at History Stagville for a transcription party to digitize Black history records.

Bentonville's Fall Festival

Celebrate fall at Bentonville Battlefield with historic demonstrations, hands-on activities, food, live music, and more!

Heavy Thunder: Artillery and Infantry Event at Bentonville

Artillery and Infantry Event featuring cannon and musket firing demonstrations, talks, and more.

'Always on Duty:' Bentonville's 159th Anniversary Living History

Living History Event Commemorating the 159th Anniversary of the Battle of Bentonville

Carolina Blues: Indigo on the Cape Fear in Conjunction with the NC Maritime Museum at Southport

Don’t be blue – we have lots of indigo for you!

Women of the Port

Join us at Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson State Historic Site on Saturday, May 18th  for a living history demonstration that focuses on the Women who worked and lived at the port of Brunswick.

Living History: Tar, Pitch, and Turpentine; Oh My!

Join us at Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson State Historic Site on Saturday, April 20th for a living history demonstration of the production of tar, pitch and turpentine.

18th Century Easter Litany

Join us on the morning of Saturday, March 30th for a period Anglican service in the ruins of St. Philip's Church.