Join us to explore the life, work, and legacy of Mary McLeod Bethune as well as the friendship between her and Dr. Charlotte Hawkins Brown.
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Fort Fisher will commemorate its 158th anniversary with the program, 'With Artillery, War is Made,' Saturday, January 14, 2023 from 10 am - 4 pm. Free and open to the public, this living history program will focus on the artillery at Fort Fisher during the American Civil War.
Visit Bennett Place during the Christmas season and witness how this occasion was celebrated in the Piedmont Carolinas during the American Civil War. Living historians will decorate the farm in a typical modest fashion of the time.
In 1752, the American colonies adopted the Gregorian calendar, resulting in the beloved date of Christmas - January 5th - being moved to December 25th. In rebellion, some North Carolinians began to celebrate both dates.
Join the State Capitol and Gov. Roy Cooper for the annual tree-lighting tradition on Thursday, Dec. 8th!
Join us for a free evening of storytelling around the fire with Dr. Delanna Reed at the Vance Birthplace!
In cooperation with the CSS Neuse II and the CSS Neuse Foundation, the CSS Neuse Civil War Interpretive Center and the CSS Neuse Gunboat Association are going to host "Ironclad Saturday", a living history event on board the replica ironclad, CSS Neuse II.
Dr. Nneka Dennie joins the Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum to examine Black women's roles in shaping Black radical thought during the nineteenth century. Particular attention will be devoted to how Maria Stewart, Mary Ann Shadd Cary, and Frances Ellen Watkins Harper analyze abolition, emigration, and women's suffrage.
Fort Fisher's 2022 Beat the Heat Summer Lecture Series featuring Wade Sokolosky