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Experience history firsthand at the CSS Neuse Civil War Museum during the second annual “Sailors in the Summer: Ironclads and Naval Living History” program. The event takes place on Saturday, Aug. 9, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and will showcase the lives of sailors during the Civil War. The CSS Neuse Museum is administered by the Division of State Historic Sites within the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

On Saturday, June 21, the sound of cannons will once again ring out at Fort Fisher State Historic Site. After a construction project caused a two-year hiatus, the site’s annual summer artillery program returns with a bang. Fort Fisher is administered by the N.C. Division of State Historic Sites within the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

A free, family-friendly living-history event at Bentonville Battlefield State Historic Site will bring the Civil War era to life.On Saturday. June 7, Bentonville Battlefield State Historic Site, a part of the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, will host its “Heavy Thunder: Summer Artillery and Infantry” program. The event runs from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Food vendors will be on site.

On Saturday, April 19, Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson State Historic Site will host an 18th century-inspired Easter Litany sunrise service in the ruins of St. Philips Church. Doors will open at 6:15 a.m. and the period Anglican service will begin at 6:45 a.m. The service will be held rain or shine and is expected to last 30 minutes. Seating will not be provided but visitors are encouraged to bring a chair, if needed.

Bennett Place State Historic Site will commemorate the 160th anniversary of its Civil War surrender with two public programs on April 25-26. These programs mark the end of the 160th-anniversary commemorations of the American Civil War in North Carolina by North Carolina State Historic Sites.

Experience history come alive at the Bentonville Battlefield State Historic Site 160th anniversary program March 15-16. Thousands of living historians from across the country will descend on Bentonville Battlefield for one of the nation’s largest battle reenactments.     

Join us in celebrating with the dedicated staff of the CSS Neuse Museum, devoted volunteers, and Friends of the CSS Neuse Museum board members as we commemorate ten years of promoting local history. Attend our "Cheers to Ten Years: Anniversary Celebration and Living History" on Saturday, March 8, from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. We warmly invite our community and all visitors to explore the new exhibits and interactive enhancements that have enriched the museum over the past decade.

 WHAT: Bentonville Battlefield 160th Reenactment Media DayWHEN: Thursday, March 13, 10-11:30 a.m.

On Saturday, Feb. 15 at 2 p.m., Bennett Place State Historic Site will host a free lecture with local historian Ernest Dollar entitled “Jublio: Moments of Freedom, 1865.”Dollar, who serves as director of the Museums Section for the City of Raleigh, will highlight how enslaved people found and claimed freedom for themselves in the final days of the Civil War in North Carolina. This program will explore perspectives of African American men and women’s first moments of freedom as part of the site’s Black History Month programming.