251st 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 […]

244th Commemoration of the Attack at the House in the Horseshoe Saturday, July 26, 2025 10am – 4pm The SAR ceremony will take place at 10:00 – 11:00 with Color Guard, wreath presentations by SAR and DAR chapters presenting honors. Stay tuned for details! Questions? Reach out to the Sandhills SAR Chapter Points of Contact […]

Battle of Ramsour’s Mill Living History Weekend The Battle of Ramsour’s Mill Living History Weekend commemorates the June 20, 1780 Battle of Ramsour’s Mill, when Whigs met Tories on a hillside just outside the little town of Lincolnton. In 2025, the commemoration will take place the weekend of June 21 & 22 near Battleground Elementary […]

The Cumberland Association, later known as the Liberty Point Resolves,  was a resolution signed by fifty residents of Cumberland County, North Carolina, early in the American Revolution. On June 20, 1775, these Patriots, who had formed themselves into a group known simply as “The Association”, met at Lewis Barge’s tavern in Cross Creek (now part […]