A block of rooms has been reserved for participants at the Hilton Garden Inn at a cost of $96.00/night. Reservations may be made online with the reservation code of HALRES or by calling the hotel direct at 252-519-2333. This block of rooms will be released on April 1st. After that date the rooms will be $129.00/night.
Participant event check-in will begin at 9:45. am on April 12th.
Weapons check for Color Guard members will be 10:15 a. m. Late arriving members with weapons will not be allowed to carry weapons in the ceremony.
The guest speaker will be John Penn, a delegate t0 the Fourth Provincial Congress in Halifax and a delegate to the Second Continental Congress.
A post event luncheon will be held at the Halifax UMC, 152 S. King St., Halifax, NC. The meals will be $15.00/person, RSVP required.
RSVP’s MUST arrive NLT Wednesday, April 7th in order to be listed in the program and to be included in the meal reservations, if desired.
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.