Please note that Alamance Battleground will be closed on Tuesday, November 11 in observance of Veterans Day. Regular operations will resume on Wednesday, November 12.th.
Topics Related to Historical Tours and Reenactments
September 13, 2025, 10am - 3pm
Join us on Saturday, September 13th for a day of sensory learning and fun at Vance Birthplace!
June 28, 2025, 10:30am - 12pm
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.
June 14, 2025, 10:30am - 12pm
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.
July 19, 2025, 10am - 4pm
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.,
June 21, 2025, 10am - 4pm
Join us for a special summer event about Civil War artillery on June 21st, 2025!
October 5, 2025, 7:30pm - 8:45pm
Join a guided full moon walk to explore how enslaved people used night as a time for refuge, rest, and resistance.
December 6, 2025, 4:30pm - 6pm
Celebrate Jonkonnu, an African diaspora masquerade tradition, with drum and dance at Historic Stagville!
November 1, 2025 - November 29, 2025, All day
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?