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National History Day® (NHD) is proud to announce the teachers honored as the 2024 Patricia Behring Teacher of the Year nominees. Each NHD affiliate may nominate one middle school teacher and one high school teacher per year for this prestigious award. In addition to celebrating outstanding history scholarship and innovative classroom instruction, the award comes with a $10,000 cash prize.
A middle school teacher and a high school student from Lenoir County Public Schools are teaming up to represent the state of North Carolina in a months-long learning opportunity that draws attention to the 250th anniversary of the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia in 1774.
National History Day® (NHD) is proud to announce its role in planning and hosting the first-ever Young People's Continental Congress (YPCC). NHD has collaborated with Carpenters’ Hall, the home of the nation’s First Continental Congress in 1774, to produce a one-of-a-kind program for high school students from around the country, celebrating the 250th anniversary of the First Continental Congress.
EB Frink Middle School social studies teacher Chadwick Stokes will join 16 other educators from across the state in a highly selective fellowship program designed to enhance their teaching of issues related to and emanating from the nation’s founding.
The Wheat Swamp Ruritan Club, founded in 1956, strives to serve the Wheat Swamp community through community service, promoting citizenship and patriotism, public service, and social development.
What should an educational experience look like? Is to be contained within four (4) walls of a classroom or can it be conducted in the natural environment of the outdoors? There is an argument to be made that both spaces can work in conjunction with each other. The broader questions asked here is what has given rise to the idea of an outdoor classroom for E. B. Frink Middle School.
On Friday, October 28th 2022, the Lenoir County Historical Association is giving a small number of visitors an opportunity to experience for themselves the alleged hauntings of Historic Harmony Hall. Visitors who purchase a ticket ahead of time will reserve a spot for the evening’s program.
Pursuing religious freedom in the United States is a value that dates back to the first pilgrims or separatists that landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. At the time of their departure, they were known as separatists, with the name Pilgrims coming much later. Their pursuit of religious freedom while maintaining their English heritage and culture is essential to the telling of America’s founding.
An EB Frink Middle School teacher known for his ability to bring the past into the present for his students has won an Outstanding Teacher of North Carolina History Award from the Historical Society of North Carolina.
Despair. Desperation. Sorrow. Hunger. These are the feelings of the colonists who were in the midst of the “Starving Time” at Jamestowne during the winter of 1609-1610. That harsh winter left many of these colonists dead due to starvation and poor drinking water. This particular episode during the humble beginnings of Jamestown, Virginia echoes many of the struggles the first colonists to the New World endured.
Join us for the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Lenoir County Historical Association (LCHA) and the 250th anniversary of Historic Harmony Hall.
The greatest mystery in American history took place right here in North Carolina. The story of how 118 English colonists simply vanished without any trace has become a legend in its own right as an important piece of our history as a state. There are several theories about what may have happened to the ill-fated colony, but there has to be clear, definitive evidence to reach any conclusion. The answer to the centuries-old question may never be answered.
Passion is an indescribable feeling that drives people to accomplish their life goals and pursuits. How else does one explain the accomplishments of past figures, such as the Wright Brothers or Sir Walter Raleigh?
Looking for a fun & family-friendly way to celebrate the 4th of July? Look no further than the Great American Cookout happening at Harmony Hall, located in downtown Kinston, NC.
The Lenoir County Historical Association will be hosting their annual reverse drawing event on Friday, March 18th 2022. There are 500 printed tickets available for $20 which includes a meal and a chance to win eight giveaways of $20-$100, and a final giveaway of $1000. The drive thru dinner plate pick up begins at 5:30 pm while the drawing begins at 7:00pm.
