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Joel Lane Grave Marking
500 E Hargett St, Raleigh, NC 27601, USAJoel Lane Grave Marking
Saturday, April 29, 2023
11:30am
City Cemetery, 500 East Hargett Street, Raleigh, NC
The Raleigh Chapter of the SAR invites you, your families, and friends to a grave marking ceremony in downtown Raleigh for North Carolina Revolutionary leader Joel Lane on Apr. 29 beginning at 11am. The event will be followed by a lunch at Sam Jones BBQ on West Lenoir Street. Color Guard participants and wreath laying are invited to the ceremony. For more information, please visit the Raleigh Chapter website: https://sarraleigh.org/chapter-news-%26-events/f/joel-lane-grave-marking-and-bbq-lunch-next-saturday or contact Gary Spencer by phone (919-749-7967) or by email (gspencer1861@hotmail.com).
Annual NCSSAR Events
See the map below for the locations of annual commemorations that occur throughout the state on or around their anniversary date.
| 1 February 1781 | Battle of Cowan’s Ford | Huntersville, NC |
| 27 February 1776 | Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge | Currie, NC |
| 15 March 1781 | Battle of Guilford Courthouse | Greensboro, NC |
| 12 April 1776 | Adoption of the Halifax Resolves | Halifax, NC |
| 16 May | Battles of Alamance County | Burlington, NC |
| 20 May 1775 | Signing of the Mecklenberg Declaration of Independence | Charlotte, NC |
| 20 June 1775 | Adoption of the Liberty Point Resolves | Fayetteville, NC |
| 20 June 1780 | Battle of Ramsour’s Mill | Lincolnton, NC |
| 21 July 1780 | Battle of Colson’s Mill | Norwood, NC |
| 29 July 1781 | Attack at the House in the Horseshoe | Deep River, NC |
| 2 August 1781 | Battle of Rockfish Creek | Wallace, NC |
| 14 August 1775 | Issuance of the Tryon Resolves | Bessemer City, NC |
| 25-27 August 1774 | Issuance of the New Bern Resolves | New Bern, NC |
| 1 October 1780 | Crossing of the Catawba at Greenlee Ford | Morganton, NC |
| 7 October 1780 | Battle of Kings Mountain | Blacksburg, SC |
| 14 October 1780 | Battle of Shallow’s Ford | Huntsville, NC |