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Join us on Saturday, September 13th for a day of sensory learning and fun at Vance Birthplace!

The dawn of the twentieth century was a time of great change in the United States, and many of these changes can be seen in the lives of the nation’s children—how they worked, played, learned, and made sense of the world. Farm children had many chores to do every day. Come and learn about the skills they had to employ to help run a successful farm. You’ll leave the tour with great respect for them and the lives they led.

Women of the early 20th century worked equally as hard as their husbands on their family farms. Come and learn about the skills they had to employ to run a successful household and farm. You’ll leave the tour with great respect for them and the lives they led.Free, although donations are appreciated.

As fellow members of the community, we invite you to join us for an inaugural fundraiser for the Friends of President Polk's Birthplace, Inc.,

Join us for a special summer event about Civil War artillery on June 21st, 2025!

Join a guided full moon walk to explore how enslaved people used night as a time for refuge, rest, and resistance.

Celebrate Jonkonnu, an African diaspora masquerade tradition, with drum and dance at Historic Stagville!

The modern Thanksgiving holiday stems from a mid-19th century campaign by Sara Josepha Hale for the adoption of a national thanksgiving holiday. President Abraham Lincoln created the federal holiday in 1863 during the American Civil War. So how did our Thanksgiving narrative come to focus on a fantastical meal shared between colonists and American Indians? What messages did Americans hope to convey with the Thanksgiving holiday? What were some popular Thanksgiving foods in generations past? 

Join a special guided tour for Juneteenth to explore the history of slavery and freedom at Stagville.

Commemorate Independence Day with a reading of Frederick Douglass' powerful Fourth of July address, "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July" at Historic Stagville State Historic Site. The abolitionist speech resonates today, inviting all to reflect on the United States' founding ideals and our shared history.