Join us at Alamance Battleground to learn about the traditions, foodways, and culture of North Carolina's German communities as we celebrate the Christmas holiday with our special event, "German Christmas in Colonial Carolina." By the 1770s, the backcountry of North Carolina boasted several commu
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Rescheduled and relocated...Come on out to Lamb's Chapel-Airport Campus at 3539 Alamance Road, Burlington on August 13th for the National Night Out, festivities beginning at 6 PM. Activities for kids, free food, music, and emergency vehicles.
Come out to the Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum on Friday October 11th from 10-2 for our Homeschool Day!
Join the Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum and Town of Sedalia for our annual tree lighting event! With vendors, live music, and Santa.
The Village of Alamance will hold its first annual National Night Out at Alamance Battleground. There will be music, activities for kids, free food, and an array of emergency response vehicles. Bring your lawn chairs and enjoy the fun!
Historic cooking demonstration 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Aug. 10 at the James K. Polk State Historic Site featuring corn and cucumbers. Free.
Join us to learn about death in the 18th century. See funeral practices and how people 250 years ago mourned their dead.
Learn about how Jemima spent most of her time. See and participate in the vital labor she conducted during her life. Learn about what purpose might have meant for an 18th century women, including what things where restricted from her.
Join us at Alamance Battleground to learn about the beginning of Jemima Merrill's life. Also learn about birth practices in the 18th century and see what things locals did to prepare for the birth of a child.
Every Saturday in July Alamance Battleground is telling the life of Jemima Merrill. Each week follows a theme around her life in an effort to tell the life story of a a regular person in the 18th century. Each day will included living history programing and a times talk about points in Jemima's life. The themes are, Birth, Purpose, religion, and Death. Please join us to elevate the ordinary and to learn about this important person.