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My Diary of Online Dating, with author Adrainne R. Thompson

ZOOM Virtual Program NC, United States

Join author and entrepreneur Adrainne Renee Thompson as she reads her poetry, discusses the social epidemic of online dating, and recounts some of her more interesting encounters.Virtually hosted by the Orange County Historical Museum, on Thursday, November 18, at 7pm. Register for this free virtual event at www.orangehistorync.org/events. Thompson has won several poetry contests; spoken … Continued

Impolite Conversations with Creators & Makers Featuring Ellen Steinberg

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Join Jimmy Holcomb as he presents Impolite Conversations with Creators & Makers Featuring Ellen Steinberg. The apple fell directly under the tree. Ellen’s father had a limitless fascination with the power of words & images to communicate - for clients, family, everything. Ellen’s clients, as creative director at ad agencies like Durham’s McKinney - included … Continued

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History of Freemasonry in North Carolina

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Discover the history of Freemasonry in North Carolina. Learn about Hillsborough’s Masons and their part in founding the UNC. Hear about their role at Hillsborough’s Constitutional Convention of 1788. And take a behind-the-scenes tour of the nearly two-hundred-year-old Masonic Hall. Among the oldest masonic temples in the United States and listed on the National Register … Continued

The Trading Road to the Catawba and Cherokee

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This will be a narrated slideshow about the Trading Road shown on the 1733 Moseley Map of NC. There is no record of any court-ordered wagon roads in the backcountry at the time Moseley made his map, yet there it is, arcing like Interstate 85 across the Carolina Piedmont. Research into this peculiarity surfaced a … Continued

Lunch & Learn: OLD TOWN CEMETERY STROLL WITH KEN OSTRAND

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Join award-winning teacher Ken Ostrand as we Zoom around one of Hillsborough’s often overlooked treasures, the Old Town Cemetery. An archaeologist by training, Dr. Ostrand, will uncover some oft-overlooked people and some of the archaeological evidence that landed the Cemetery on the National Register of Historic Places. A Signer of the Declaration of Independence, a … Continued

Lunch & Learn: TAKE A WALK THROUGH 1850S HILLSBOROUGH

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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

The Crucial Role of North Carolina During the American Revolution

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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

Lunch & Learn: WALKING TOUR OF HISTORIC HILLSBOROUGH

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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

Ask a gardener (on Zoom)

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The Friends of the Orange County Library are pleased to announce a new FREE series:               Oh You Need To Talk To...  (OYNTTT)   Gardening, fabric arts, history, genealogy–if you want to know how these things and more are done here in Hillsborough and Orange County and who does them, join your neighbors on Zoom on the third Sunday of every … Continued

Sticks and Stones: British Women Fight for the Vote 2

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Please join us online for Sticks and Stones: British Women Fight for the Vote at 3pm on January 24th. In this program, you will hear from Dr. Sylvia Hoffert, former professor of history and women's studies at UNC Chapel Hill, as she offers an in depth look at the often-violent events that characterized the British … Continued