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Visit Stagville for Juneteenth to remember and celebrate emancipation at one of the state's largest plantations.

Christmas Open House!

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. 

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.

Join us at Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson State Historic Site on Saturday, March 2nd for the North Carolina Rice Festival! 

Celebrate a remarkable African American holiday tradition with Historic Stagville and St Sya Academy!

Eastern North Carolina is steeped in a rich and deep-rooted story – that of the waterways that make this place a celebrated and unique part of the eastern seaboard. Join us at Historic Bath SHS to travel back in time to the days when water was the lifeblood of our state.October 7, 9am-5pm. Free. Visit our Facebook page for more information and updates.

Commemorate Independence Day with a community reading of Frederick Douglass' famous speech, "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July," at Horton Grove.

Following the American Civil War, a “Decoration Day” began in communities across America remembering soldiers who gave the ultimate sacrifice. Senator John A. Logan, a former Union officer on staff with Major General William T. Sherman, was instrumental in making this a formal national day honoring our fallen soldiers, which became Memorial Day. Join military living historians representing the American soldier of all time periods throughout our nation’s history.