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Event Series Hillsborough Holiday Wreath Stroll

Hillsborough Holiday Wreath Stroll

Hillsborough, NC, United States

The Alliance for Historic Hillsborough invites all Hillsborough residents and businesses to join us for the Hillsborough Holiday Wreath Stroll! Show your holiday and community spirit by decorating a wreath to hang on your door this December. Wreaths can be any appropriate theme and creativity is encouraged. Some theme ideas include: historic Hillsborough, community and/or holidays. Visitors will receive a map of participating homes … Continued

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Burwell School History Spotlight: Job Berry & Henry Evans

Stony Rock Farm 5731 Walker Farm Road, Hillsborough, NC, United States

Please join the Burwell School Historic Site on February 21st at 3pm for the online program History Spotlight: The Lives of Job Berry and Henry Evans. This program will examine the lives of these two significant 19th century African Americans in Hillsborough, NC. Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/4516122854455/WN_AsHYFnfeQfWMxgrEX7-pJg 

Wildflower Hike at Moorefields

Moorefields Historic Site 2201 Moorefields Rd., Hillsborough, NC, United States

This socially-distanced hike will explore the ridges and bottomlands near Seven Mile Creek, one of Orange County’s most significant and undisturbed natural areas. We will be led by Milo Pyne, N.C. State-trained botanist, a retired senior regional ecologist for NatureServe, former president of the Eno River Association, and an expert on Piedmont wildflowers. Registration is … Continued

Date Night Exhibit Opening and Curator Talk Online

Orange County Historical Museum 201 N. Churton Street, Hillsborough, NC, United States

Join us for ‘Date Night’ at the OCHM! Curator Courtney Smith will provide a virtual tour, give behind the scene insights, and celebrate the opening of our newest exhibit, ‘Date Night: Fashion, Food, Music, and Fun’, which will explore individual adventures and overall experiences that showcase what it was like to date in Orange County … Continued

Lunch & Learn: WALKING TOUR OF HISTORIC HILLSBOROUGH

ZOOM Virtual Program NC, United States

Join tour guide Cheryl Sobnosky on a virtual walking tour through historic Hillsborough. Established in 1754 as the seat of government for Orange County, Hillsborough’s colonial legacy and signs of its importance in North Carolina and American history can be seen throughout the town. Follow along with Cheryl as she points out some of Hillsborough's … Continued

The Crucial Role of North Carolina During the American Revolution

ZOOM Virtual Program NC, United States

Historians often miss the importance of the Old North State in the American War of Independence. Until Lord Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown, however, 1781 had looked like a frustrating, stalemate year for the patriot cause—largely due to the Continental Army’s huge thorn-in-the-side lodged in coastal North Carolina. Suzanne Adair, author of an award-winning mystery series … Continued

Carolina’s First Permanent Settlement

Orange County Historical Museum 201 N. Churton Street, Hillsborough, NC, United States

The Orange County Historical Museum and Tom Magnuson present ‘The Networks of Early North Carolina History’ as a four-part series. In this series, Tom Magnuson will present some of his findings from his thirty years of studying the earliest commercial transportation networks in the Southeast of North America.  Part 2 takes place on Thursday, May … Continued

Revolutionary War Living History Day

Hillsborough Visitors Center 150 E King Street, Hillsborough, NC, United States

Living History day has become a tradition in Hillsborough for almost twenty years. Each year, people gather to learn about the history and get a first-hand look at one of the most historically significant towns in North Carolina. Hillsborough and Orange County played a significant role in the years leading up to the Revolution. This … Continued

Date Night Restaurants of Orange County

Orange County Historical Museum 201 N. Churton Street, Hillsborough, NC, United States

Author and historian, Chris Holaday, will discuss the various restaurants around Orange County that generations of couples have enjoyed as date night locations. As well as providing historical information about many of Orange County’s eateries, he will also discuss how going out to eat became a social staple of dating as we know it today. … Continued

Lunch & Learn: TAKE A WALK THROUGH 1850S HILLSBOROUGH

ZOOM Virtual Program NC, United States

Betty Eidenier will lead you on an imaginary walk from the Eno River up Churton Street as it was in 1850. Along the way, you will meet Anna Burwell, Maria Nash, Job Berry, Hugh Waddell, John Berry, Lemuel Lynch. Eliza Chavious, Umstead Mayo, the Burwell boys, and others out and about on this fine May … Continued