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October 26, 2024, 11am - 4pm
Living history program with hands-on demonstrations of the many ways in which women participated in North Carolina's protest against the hated British tax on tea. Costumed interpreters will fill the Iredell House yard giving visitors a glance at life in the 18th century.
October 25, 2024, 1pm - 4pm
Living history program at the 1767 Chowan County Courthouse demonstrating how North Carolinians protested British taxation efforts prior to the American Revolution. Talk about the Edenton Tea Party, the ladies that signed the petition, and get a chance to sign a copy of it for yourself! Featuring costumed interpreters from North Carolina State Historic Sites.
September 28, 2024, 11:15am - 12:15pm
To learn a fuller story of the people who worked in tobacco, join Duke Homestead staff on site for a special program, “Field & Factory: A Look at Tobacco’s Laborers.” These walks will highlight the contributions that each group of people working in tobacco made to North Carolina’s culture and powerful economy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, while addressing the inequalities in tobacco’s labor forces.
September 21, 2024, 11:15am - 12:15pm
To learn a fuller story of the people who worked in tobacco, join Duke Homestead staff on site for a special program, “Field & Factory: A Look at Tobacco’s Laborers.” These walks will highlight the contributions that each group of people working in tobacco made to North Carolina’s culture and powerful economy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, while addressing the inequalities in tobacco’s labor forces.
September 14, 2024, 11:15am - 12:15pm
To learn a fuller story of the people who worked in tobacco, join Duke Homestead staff on site for a special program, “Field & Factory: A Look at Tobacco’s Laborers.” These walks will highlight the contributions that each group of people working in tobacco made to North Carolina’s culture and powerful economy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, while addressing the inequalities in tobacco’s labor forces.
September 7, 2024, 11:15am - 12:15pm
To learn a fuller story of the people who worked in tobacco, join Duke Homestead staff on site for a special program, “Field & Factory: A Look at Tobacco’s Laborers.” These walks will highlight the contributions that each group of people working in tobacco made to North Carolina’s culture and powerful economy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, while addressing the inequalities in tobacco’s labor forces.
November 2, 2024, 1pm - 2:30pm
One of the most important rights of American citizens is the right to vote. Elections have been held in North Carolina since the time of the Regulation…and before!! Today any US citizen aged 18 and over regardless of race or gender is eligible to participate in the voting process, however this was not always the case. In the 18th century who could vote? How did voting take place? Learn about voting procedures on Saturday, November 2nd, the presentation will take place at 1 PM in the Historic house.
September 28, 2024, 10am - 3pm
Join us Sept. 28 as we explore receipts from “The Raised Hearth” a translation from two 18th century German cookbooks. Our focus is going to be the wonderful potato! We will make a potato salad with a few different ingredients - sardines and beets. Another receipt will be potato soup served with toast. Also on the menu will be roast potatoes using an 18th century method, along with some roasted onions. Potatoes with milk will finish out the day. Milk was sometimes used to cook potatoes or rice instead of water.
September 14, 2024, 11am - 12pm
Learn about the culinary traditions of the Catawba people at this free, one-hour session 11 a.m. Sept. 14.
August 13, 2024, 6pm - 8pm
Rescheduled and relocated...Come on out to Lamb's Chapel-Airport Campus at 3539 Alamance Road, Burlington on August 13th for the National Night Out, festivities beginning at 6 PM. Activities for kids, free food, music, and emergency vehicles.