North Carolina Events
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- 2020.May.Saturday
The People of North Carolina in the American Revolution
The People of North Carolina in the American Revolution
Saturday, May 20, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
109 E. Jones Street, Raleigh
Please join us and spread the word about this event! As the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States of America approaches, the Department of Natural & Cultural Resources is partnering with the North Carolina Genealogical Society and the Friends of the Archives to explore and celebrate some of the diverse groups of North Carolinians who helped shape the history of the state and the nation: women and men, young and old, patriots and loyalists, immigrants and indigenous, free and enslaved.
This special event will be held both virtually and in-person at the State Archives and State Library of North Carolina. Registration is $45/ $5 discounts available for members of the NC Genealogical Society and Friends of the Archives. Register today! Do you have Questions?Contact ">LeRae Umfleet, Special Projects Administrator, NC Department of Natural & Cultural Resources. Learn about a variety of topics from a diverse group of experts. Sessions include:
- Keynote: *The Many North Carolinas of the American Revolution, John A. Ruddiman, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History at Wake Forest University
- *“Uppity Women” Make History in Edenton, Alexis Tobias-Jacavone, Director of History and Communications for the Edenton Historical Commission
- North Carolina Loyalists (In-person only), W. Becket Soule, OP
- *NC Militia or Continental Line: Where are the Records?, Craig R. Scott, MA, CG®, FUGA
- The Quakers: Between a Rock and a Hard Place (In-person only), Ron Osborne
- *African American & Indigenous Patriots of the Revolutionary War in North Carolina, Kevin Graham, Tyrone Goodwyn and Luke Alexander
- The Regulator Movement: New Research (In-person only), Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds
- *Documenting the World of Outlander, Joshua Hager and Alison Thurman, State Archives of NC staff
*These sessions will be live-streamed and available to view on the day of the event with the purchase of an event ticket. Sessions will not be recorded.
- 2020.May.Saturday
27th Annual Patriots’ Day in Alamance County
Alamance Battleground State Historic Site5803 NC-62, Burlington, NC 27215, USA27th Annual Patriots’ Day
in Alamance Countyhosted by: Alamance Battleground Chapter
Sons of the American Revolution
2:00 PM – Wreath Laying Ceremony
Saturday, May 20, 2023
Alamance Battleground State Historic Site
5803 NC 62 South, Burlington, NCMembers of SAR, DAR, C.A.R., SR and other Patriotic/Historical Societies will participate in a formal wreath laying ceremony at Alamance Battleground at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, May 20, 2023 to commemorate Alamance County’s three 1781 Revolutionary Battles: Pyle’s Defeat, Clapp’s Mill and Lindley’s Mill, and the Pre-Revolutionary May 16, 1771 Battle of Alamance (250 th Anniversary). This year’s event will be held as in the past at the Patriot’s Monument, in the field across the road from the Visitor’s Center. Color Guard units are encouraged to bring chapter and ceremonial flags and wear period uniforms or militia dress. Dignitaries and representatives of patriotic societies are invited to present wreaths. For inclement weather, the event will be held under the awning in front of the Visitor’s Center. There is no charge for parking.
The NC SAR poster and brochure contest will be judged at the Alamance Battleground visitor’s center at 1:00 PM. Please bring posters and brochures for judging at that time or contact Sam Powell for electronic submissions.
Participants in the 2:00 PM wreath laying ceremony are requested to arrive at the Park Patriots’ Monument by 1:30 PM. The NCSSAR combined Color Guard will lead the processional.
Directions to Alamance Battleground State Park are: From Interstate-40 take Exit 143, then south on Highway 62 for approximately six miles, Alamance Battleground State Military Park entrance straddles Hwy 62.
To include your unit’s recognition in the program, please furnish the following information to:
Samuel C. Powell
PO Box 2104
Burlington, NC 27216-2104
Telephone: (336) 227-3557
E-mail:For wreath presenters, Presenter’s Name: ___________________________________________
Office/Title of presenter: ________________________________________________________
Organization/State/Chapter: __________________________________________________
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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 |