North Carolina Events
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- 0202.August.Saturday
244th Anniversary of the Battle of Rockfish
Battle of Rockfish Creek Monument5871 US-117, Wallace, NC 28466, USANo additional detail for this event.
- 1616.August.Saturday
250th Anniversary - Signing of the Tryon Resolves
Tryonota Volunteer Fire Department2577 Tryon Courthouse Rd, Bessemer City, NC 28016, USA - 1616.August.Saturday
250th Anniversary of the Liberty Tree Commemoration
U.S. Army Airborne & Special Operations Museum100 Bragg Blvd, Fayetteville, NC 28301, USAThe Airborne & Special Operations Museum Foundation invites you to a special ceremony and historical marker unveiling on Saturday, August 16, 2025, at 8 AM, on the grounds of the U.S. Army Airborne & Special Operations Museum. We will commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Liberty Tree, a Virginia live oak with significant local ties to American history.
Join us at 8 AM on the corner of Hay Street and Hillsboro for this early morning ceremony and the dedication of a permanent historical marker. This project was produced with assistance from the America 250 North Carolina initiative, administered by the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
After the ceremony, there will be fun and games for the whole family as we host Camp Flintlock in the Museum’s Reflection Garden. Based in Four Oaks, N.C., Camp Flintlock specializes in hands-on historical education about life in the American Colonies through a series of engaging activities. Watch a musket demonstration, learn quill and pen writing, block printing, marching techniques, and tomahawk throw.
This event will be held from 8:00 A.M. until noon, as part of the National Airborne Day Festival, and is free for the entire family.The Le Marquis de Lafayette Chapter Color Guard will be participating.
- 2323.August.Saturday
251st Anniversary of the New Bern Resolves, New Bern NC
Tryon Palace529 S Front St, New Bern, NC 28562, USA251st New Bern Resolves
The SAR New Bern Chapter, DAR Richard Dobbs Spaight Chapter, the North Carolina History Center and Tryon Palace Historic Site, St. Johns Masonic Lodge #3, the National Sojourners, Valley of New Bern Scottish Rite, and New Bern York Rite will host a ceremony in remembrance of the 71 Delegates and Resolves of America’s First Provincial Congress held in New Bern during 25-27 August 1774.
The event will be in person on:
Saturday, 23 August 2025: Check-in NC History Center, 8:00-9:00 a.m.
Line-up at 9:00 a.m. Procession starts at 9:30 a.m. Ceremony follows.
Guest Speaker: NC Senator Bob Brinson, District 3
The Ceremony will begin at approximately 10:00 a.m. at the South Lawn of Tryon Palace, .
There will be a STATIC ONLY (no color guard or Greetings/Wreath Presentation options) Zoom session for anyone wishing to view the procession and ceremony.
Online registration for the event, which includes:
- Registration to receive the link for the STATIC ONLY Zoom session
- Sign-up for those wishing to present a wreath/render honors (IN-PERSON Only)
- Sign-up for those wishing to participate in the event Color Guard
Can be found here: https://forms.gle/89EDibd4boCgg9GAA
- 3030.August.Saturday
244th Commemoration of the Battle of Elizabethtown
Tory Hole Park275 N Poplar St, Elizabethtown, NC 28337, USANo additional detail for this event.
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 |