Community Calendar

This free seminar will show you how to improve the use of your senses for a safe and enjoyable boating experience. How to assess potential threats present in your immediate marine environment and learn steps to avoid or mitigate those threats for safer boating.

The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary (CGAUX) is the uniformed citizen volunteer component of the United States Coast Guard. All of our missions are operated as directed by the Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard or the Secretary of Homeland Security. Auxiliarists provide crucial non-law enforcement and non-military support to the U.S. Coast Guard land, sea and air missions. There are four general task areas served by the Coast Guard Auxiliary: Recreational Boating Safety, Operations, Marine Safety and Mission Support. The CGAUX has units in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and Guam.

Join us for a powerful and engaging presentation by designer, Marcus Kiser, as he shares his contribution to the Tryon Palace Foundation Inclusive Public Art Sculpture, along with sharing some educational components embedded within the sculpture. This is an opportunity for the community to learn more about this honorable sculpture that’s coming to New Bern.

This event is FREE to attend.

Want to take home some of that spring blooming splendor? The Spring Heritage Plant Sale will be held Friday and Saturday on the Daves House Lawn just inside the Palace main gate.

This annual plant sale offers a selection of plants grown locally and in the Palace’s nursery yard, as well as a wide variety of annuals, heirloom vegetables, perennials, herbs and other spring favorites.

The Spring Heritage Plant Sale opens at 9:00 AM and closes at 5:00 PM. Come early for best selection!

Want to take home some of that spring blooming splendor? The Spring Heritage Plant Sale will be held Friday and Saturday on the Daves House Lawn just inside the Palace main gate.

This annual plant sale offers a selection of plants grown locally and in the Palace’s nursery yard, as well as a wide variety of annuals, heirloom vegetables, perennials, herbs and other spring favorites.

The Spring Heritage Plant Sale opens at 9:00 AM and closes at 5:00 PM. Come early for best selection!

This program will highlight Revolutionary War era records housed at the State Archives of NC, which are essential for genealogical and historical research. Reference archivist, Alison Thurman, will provide guidance on digging into a variety of relevant records, including county records, General Assembly records, state agency records, governor’s papers, military collections, militia records and private collections. These records help researchers piece together stories of Patriots, Loyalists, Native Americans and African Americans during this pivotal time in the history of North Carolina.

REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. REGISTER BY CALLING 252-753-3355.

All are welcome to attend! A light breakfast will be provided.

Questions? Contact Emma at erepp@farmvillenc.gov

What would you do if you were ill or injured in the 18th century?
Join Charles Brett, Apothecary-Surgeon, to explore period medical treatments and the role of medical practitioners in colonial North Carolina.

What You’ll Learn
As an apothecary’s apprentice, you’ll review surgery and bandaging principles to treat injuries and explore medicinal plants. As part of this workshop, you’ll have the opportunity to compound a medicinal recipe for treating ailments using period tools and techniques.

Ticketing Information
Tickets are $35 (plus tax) and include materials. Seating is limited.
Tickets must be purchased in advance. Tickets are non-refundable.

As part of our celebration of America’s 250th, the Beaufort Historic Site is excited to announce a special lecture/workshop series beginning April 11 during the Carteret County, NC Master Gardener Volunteers’ Plant Sale on the Historic Site grounds. Walk-ups will be welcome, but we appreciate an RSVP so we know how many to expect. This introductory lecture and demonstration will be FREE and will also outline how the new series will engage participants beginning with the Site’s interpretive colonial gardens through the creation of medicinal remedies for the treatment of ailments using historic botanicals, tools, and techniques.

The series will be led by Apothecary-Surgeon, Dr. Charles Brett, who specializes in interpreting 17th and 18th century Medicine with a focus on British North America and Maritime medical practices, surgery, and apothecary. He has conducted similar lectures and workshops at Tryon Palace for over 7 years, and we are pleased to have him present this living history experience. Prior to Tryon Palace, he was with Colonial Williamsburg as an Adjunct/Apprentice in the Pasteur and Galt Apothecary Shop.

Please join us on April 11 at 11:00 AM to learn more about how you can have fun with history at the Beaufort Historic Site. For more information or to RSVP please call the Welcome Center at 252-728-5225.

Harry Goodman Battlefield Adventure Day is an annual springtime event for the entire family held at the New Bern Battlefield Park, 300 Battlefield Trail. This Saturday afternoon event is filled with learning activities and living history. Young recruits and their parents are greeted by reenactors and artillery troops. The newly enlisted recruits participate in practice drills, Civil War period camp activities, crafts, and games. Adults and teens will enjoy living history presentations and a walking tour of the battlefield. The afternoon's activities will conclude with an exciting mock battle reenactment that includes the children, a live-fire cannon demonstration, and fresh hot apple crisp made by the participants. The young recruits will "muster out" and receive their pay for their service. Registration is required. Call 252-638-8558 or go to www.NewBernHistorical.org For more details go to https://newbernhistorical.org/battlefield-adventure-day/ Photo by Bill Hand.

Tryon Palace is excited to welcome back Dr. Antwain K. Hunter to the North Carolina History Center!

Explore the fragile and uncertain realities faced by African Americans navigating freedom. Participants will consider how individuals and communities balanced resistance, adaptation, and hope while living within structures that could shift at any moment. Through historical analysis and discussion, the lecture invites audiences to reflect on how this delicate balance shaped the pursuit of dignity, citizenship, and freedom.

Dr. Hunter participated in our panel discussion following the special preview screening of the PBS docuseries “The American Revolution” in Cullman Hall. He brought his insight and expertise, and he had multiple engaging discussions with audience members during the question and answer session.

Dr. Hunter is a historian and author. He is an assistant professor at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His first book, A Precarious Balance: Firearms, Race, and Community in North Carolina, 1715-1865, explores the legal and community dynamics of free and enslaved Black people’s firearm use. Hunter highlights how they pragmatically used their weapons in a variety of beneficial ways, including subsistence hunting, self-defense, agricultural labor, and rebellion. Further, individual enslavers—backed by the legislature and county courts—tried to use Black people’s armed labor for their own benefit and protect themselves from perceived threats. This examination of race, firearms, and the law offers a compelling look at the American past and better contextualizes the present.