Join us for a short, hour-long program to learn about leaders in Black History! We will do a show + share, and make a bulletin board of Black history figures.
Parents can register kids by emailing the site at polk@dncr.nc.gov or calling at (704) 889-7145
Topics Related to President James K. Polk
February 8, 2025, 10am - 3pm
Household Chores, Historic Clothing, & Lentil Soup Cooking Demo
Join Susie Worcester in our Historic Kitchen House as she recreates historic foods from the North Carolina backcountry. Susie uses historic receipts to make her food preparation as authentic as possible.
Suggested donation $5/adult, $2/seniors and children
(Historic foods are not for public consumption but for educational demonstrations.)
Join Susie Worcester in our Historic Kitchen House as she recreates historic foods from the North Carolina backcountry. Susie uses historic receipts to make her food preparation as authentic as possible.
Suggested donation $5/adult, $2/seniors and children
(Historic foods are not for public consumption but for educational demonstrations.)
January 10, 2025, 9am - January 11, 2025, 9am
January 11, 2025, 10am - 3pm
Due to inclement weather this event has been cancelled. Join us in February for our next Historic Cooking Demonstration.
January 15, 2025, 10am - 11am
Homeschool students ages 6-12 will learn about traditional fiber crafts during this hourlong program at 10 a.m. Jan. 15. Cost is $5 per student. Register by calling the site at (704) 889-7145.
January 4, 2025, 11am - 12pm
Professor Dr. Hugh Dussek will discuss the origins of the Twelfth Night holiday 11 a.m.-noon Jan. 4 at the James K. Polk State Historic Site.
December 14, 2024, 10am - 3pm
Historic interpreter Susie Worcester will demonstrate how to cook a colonial holiday meal. She will be in the kitchen cabin 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14, for this free event.
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 10, 2024, 10am - 3pm
Historic cooking demonstration 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Aug. 10 at the James K. Polk State Historic Site featuring corn and cucumbers. Free.