Sesquicentennial Calendar

Sesquicentennial Calendar

  • Symposium speaker ‘Meet & Greet’ at the Attmore-Oliver House
    • Friday, March 9, 2012, 7:00pm – 8:30pm
  • Thunder in the East: The Civil War in Eastern North Carolina. A Sesquicentennial Symposium Presented by The New Bern Historical Society
    •  NC History Center, Cullman Performance Hall
    • Saturday, March 10, 2012; Registration begins 8:00am; Lectures, 9:00am – 6:00 pm;  Lunch, 12:15pm – 1:45pm
  • Memorial service at the Battlefield Park
    • Sunday, March 11, 2012; 8:30am
  • Venues open for public to tour; Sunday, March 11, 2012
    •  The Academy. Museum and Union encampment
    •  Attmore-Oliver House Civil War Collection
    •  Battlefield Park, Living History, Confederate encampment and tours
    • First Presbyterian Church, docent led tours describing church as a Union hospital
  • Anniversary of Battle of New Bern, Wednesday, March 14,  2012
    • Tours of Battlefield Park,  New Bern Battlefield Park
    • Lunch & Learn; Presented by Skip Riddle, “The Battle of New Bern: Who Would Have Thought That? … A Journey Through Time”
  • Civil War Adventure Day, A Children’s Commemorative Event
    • Saturday, March 17, 2012 9:30am-2:00pm, New Bern Battlefield Park