african american heritage trail Part of a long-term collaborative effort to uncover New Bern’s African American experience, the first installment of New Bern’s African American Heritage Trail is a collection of points of interest located within the greater Craven Terrace/Dryborough neighborhoods of New Bern. Sixteen panels at ten sites explain and interpret significant historic events, […]
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Historic Five Points District NBHS Historian/Claudia Houston Whether you are new to the City of New Bern or a long-time resident, you have probably heard of the area known as Five Points. However, many ask, where exactly is it and what is its historical significance? Intersection of Five Points New Bern’s Five Points is just
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Black Soldiers in the Cause of Freedom by Claudia Houston, Historian, New Bern Historical Society Soldiers at the siege of Yorktown, including 1st Rhode Island Regiment soldier (left), 1781 Illustration by Jean-Baptiste-Antoine DeVerger On March 5, 1770, British troops fired into a crowd of American colonists in Boston, Massachusetts. Five men were killed, including Crispus
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Hallowed Ground Lantern Tour March 21 – 23, 2024 6 – 9 pm at New Bern Battlefield Park 300 Battlefield Trail Take an evening, lantern-lit walk through the Hallowed Ground of Battlefield Park. Costumed actors will share moving stories of courage & conviction from the past. The New Bern
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Hallowed Ground Lantern Tour March 21 – 23, 2024 6 – 9 pm at New Bern Battlefield Park 300 Battlefield Trail Take an evening, lantern-lit walk through the Hallowed Ground of Battlefield Park. Costumed actors will share moving stories of courage & conviction from the past. The New Bern Historical Society’s newest storytelling event, the
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Hallowed Ground Lantern Tour March 21 – 23, 2024 6 – 9 pm at New Bern Battlefield Park 300 Battlefield Trail Take an evening, lantern-lit walk through the Hallowed Ground of Battlefield Park. Costumed actors will share moving stories of courage & conviction from the past. The New Bern Historical Society’s newest storytelling event, the
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Another New Bern History Mystery by Claudia Houston, Historian, New Bern Historical Society Poster published on behalf of the Naval Rendezvous, New Berne, North Carolina, 2 November 1863. Photograph from the Naval Records Collection in the U.S. National Archives. During the Civil War, women were not allowed to enlist in the military. In previous articles
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Two Small Sparks, One Great Fire: What a Difference a Day Makes by Claudia Houston, Historian, New Bern Historical Society The New Bernian, December 2, 1922 Friday, December 1, 1922, started out in anticipatory fashion as over 400 people from New Bern left for Raleigh to attend the Eastern Carolina Football Championship between New Bern
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Rise and Fall: One Man’s Story by Claudia Houston, Historian, New Bern Historical Society The years after the end of the Civil War became a time of education and opportunity for African Americans. It certainly proved to be that for William Lawrence Lassiter, born in Northampton County, NC on 9 November 1867 to parents who
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the great fire of 1922 100 year commemoration In 1922, the face of New Bern was forever changed. Over three thousand people were displaced in a fire that raged through the African American community, decimating over a thousand structures. The fire started at the Rowland Lumber Company on the banks of the Neuse River; within
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