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Visit Stagville for Juneteenth to remember and celebrate emancipation at one of the state's largest plantations.

Join us as we launch an evening component to our commemoration of the surrender at Bennett Place. This event will honor the lives of enslaved people in North Carolina who gained their freedom at the end of the Civil War.

Join us at the Vance Birthplace on April 20 for our annual. This year's speaker, Dr. Angela Elder, will be discussing widowhood during the Civil War.

Join us at the Governor Richard Caswell Memorial as we honor Caswell’s long service as a political leader of the British colony and the fledgling State of North Carolina. A living history event will take place with members of the Dobbs County Militia reenactment group, showing how they prepared for the coming conflict with Great Britain.

FREE ADMISSION DAY!The Civil War devastated both sides with blood on the battlefield and disease. Of the approximately 620,000 soldiers who died in the war, two-thirds of these deaths were not the result of enemy fire but of a force more potent than any army of men: disease. Join Andy Bennett to learn about Civil War medicine, including field wounds, procedures, and diseases.The Clara Barton: Angel of the Battlefield Traveling Exhibit will also be on display on the mezzanine.If you have any questions, please call 252-526-9600, ext. 221. 

FREE ADMISSION DAY!

February 1 marks the start of #BlackHistoryMonth! To commemorate the African diaspora and the impact Black culture has made on United States history, we will re-open our Africa to Carolina exhibit to the public.

Come join us for a free Spring Egg Hunt here at Duke Homestead!

Celebrate the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass! On Douglass Day, joining a national effort to create new digital resources for African American history. Join us at History Stagville for a transcription party to digitize Black history records.

Artillery and Infantry Event featuring cannon and musket firing demonstrations, talks, and more.