Catawba Valley Chapter, SAR and Jacob Forney Chapter, DAR would like to invite you to the 16th of June Patriot’s Gala and Commemoration of the 243rd Anniversary of the Battle of Ramsour’s Mill to be held on Friday, June 16th and Saturday, 17th in Lincolnton North Carolina.
Gala: Both Chapters will be hosting the 16th of June Patriot’s Gala on Friday evening, June 16th, beginning at 6:30 pm at the Lincoln Cultural Center, 403 E Main St Lincolnton, NC at 6:30 pm. The Gala will cost $35.00 per person. The Keynote Speaker will be Historian Daniel Barefoot. Entertainment will be provided by Michael Helms. For more information, please see the flyer below. Get your tickets at LCC.BOOKTIX.COM.
Commemoration: The Commemoration will be held Saturday, June 17th beginning at 10:00 am. The ceremony will occur at the mass grave located at Battleground Elementary School, 201 Jeb Seagle Drive, Lincolnton, North Carolina, 28092. There will be living history camp with various demonstrations across the street afterward coordinated by Locke’s Militia (Recreated). A Bar-B-Cue lunch will also be available after the ceremony.
Ghost Walk: Thunder Over Carolina will provide a ghost walk through the Battlefield on Friday and Saturday Evening.
Lodging: Rooms are available for $124.00 plus tax at Hampton Inn, 129 Roper Road, Lincolnton, NC 28092, cutoff date is May 17th. Please call 704 736-2000, the group name is Sons of the American Revolution, the group code is SAR.
Please register here if you plan to attend. Also, make sure to indicate if you will be participating in the Wreath laying Ceremony and Honor Guard.
Catawba Valley Chapter, SAR and Jacob Forney Chapter, DAR would like to invite you to the 16th of June Patriot’s Gala and Commemoration of the 243rd Anniversary of the Battle of Ramsour’s Mill to be held on Friday, June 16th and Saturday, 17th in Lincolnton North Carolina.
Gala: Both Chapters will be hosting the 16th of June Patriot’s Gala on Friday evening, June 16th, beginning at 6:30 pm at the Lincoln Cultural Center, 403 E Main St Lincolnton, NC at 6:30 pm. The Gala will cost $35.00 per person. The Keynote Speaker will be Historian Daniel Barefoot. Entertainment will be provided by Michael Helms. For more information, please see the flyer below. Get your tickets at LCC.BOOKTIX.COM.
Commemoration: The Commemoration will be held Saturday, June 17th beginning at 10:00 am. The ceremony will occur at the mass grave located at Battleground Elementary School, 201 Jeb Seagle Drive, Lincolnton, North Carolina, 28092. There will be living history camp with various demonstrations across the street afterward coordinated by Locke’s Militia (Recreated). A Bar-B-Cue lunch will also be available after the ceremony.
Ghost Walk: Thunder Over Carolina will provide a ghost walk through the Battlefield on Friday and Saturday Evening.
Lodging: Rooms are available for $124.00 plus tax at Hampton Inn, 129 Roper Road, Lincolnton, NC 28092, cutoff date is May 17th. Please call 704 736-2000, the group name is Sons of the American Revolution, the group code is SAR.
Please register here if you plan to attend. Also, make sure to indicate if you will be participating in the Wreath laying Ceremony and Honor Guard.
The People of North Carolina in the American Revolution
May 20, 2023 / 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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.
