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America250, the official nonpartisan entity charged by Congress with planning the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the Semiquincentennial, in collaboration with BNY and America 250 NC, kicked off the second installment of “America’s Field Trip” — a nationw

An American Indian tribe that settled in northeastern North Carolina soon will be recognized with a North Carolina Highway Historical Marker.

The N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources and the N.C.

Veterans with service-related disabilities are now eligible to apply to receive a free Annual Pass to N.C. State Parks, the Division of Parks and Recreation announced.

WHAT: Greenville Community Gathering

WHEN: Thursday, Oct. 3, 6–7:30 p.m.

WHERE: 215 East Arlington Boulevard Suite E, Greenville, NC 27858

WHAT: Wilmington Community Gathering

WHEN: Thursday, Oct. 3, 6–7:30 p.m.

WHERE: 1125 North 4th Street, Wilmington, NC 28401

The Museum of the Albemarle will host History for Lunch Wednesday, Oct. 16, at noon in the Gaither Auditorium.

The North Carolina African American Heritage Commission is accepting applications for a new round of Civil Rights Trail markers.

Fort Dobbs State Historic Site will hold a living history event on Sept. 28. Visitors can interact with reenactors dressed as 1750’s era soldiers and settlers and learn about life at a frontier fort during the French and Indian War.

 Fall is here, a time of changing leaves, cooler weather, and harvests. But what did fall mean for the people of the past? What does it mean for the natural world today? On Saturday, Oct.