Declaration of Independence Signer - John Penn "Speaks" at Braswell Memorial Library, August 27

Invitation from Braswell Memorial Public Library in Rocky Mount:

Please join us on Wednesday, August 27^th at 6 p.m. in our Warner Meeting Room to hear

Mark Pace speaking as Patriot John Penn! 

We are leading up to the momentous date of 4 July 2026, which will be the

250^th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

 

Come learn from John Penn, North Carolina’s signer of the Declaration,

what the current state of the union was in the year 1788!

https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/penn-john

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Wake Wednesday - Raleigh: A Capital City Travel Guide

Now that the weather is starting to get milder, it is time to get out and explore. We need to stretch our legs and our minds. If you get an itch to explore locally, enjoy this wonderful offering from the National Park Service. 

Raleigh: A Capital City - A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary
When you are ready to roam, you can open this handy travel guide right on your phone to choose your day's adventure. There is a wonderful portable travel guide features a a brief overview on the town and a list of historical sites to visit. (Note - Use the links at the footer of the page. Quite a few of the links in the header are broken. There is a wealth of information still active and accessed at the bottom of the page.)

One of these links you will want to keep handy is the one for the Early History of Raleigh (bottom of page) but is a wonderful thumbnail sketch of  Raleigh's history from the days of Joel Lane up to the growth of suburbs im the mid-20th Century. 

These other active links will help you plan the perfect outing:

African American History

Suburbanization

Modernism

Preservation

Will you visit the Raleigh Power House that was built in 1910 to power coal fired steam driven turbines and has now been converted to a microbrewery/cafe?

Raleigh Electric Company Power House
1910 -1930

Or the Ritcher House?

Frank Lloyd Wright inspired,
designed in 1951 by George Matsumoto 

Or the Pullen Park Carousel?

Pullen Carousel was formerly located
At Bloomsbury Park from 1912 - 1915.
The carousel itself dates to 1900.

Or so many other cool "history in plain sight" places to visit on the list?

Take a hometown trip and enjoy your discoveries!

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Wake Wednesday - Historic Marker Event Saturday, Jan 27 in Holly Springs - Rev War Patriot Christopher Woodward

Historic Marker Unveiling to Celebrate Revolutionary War Patriot’s Mill and Store

Saturday, Jan. 27, 1 p.m. at Virginia Creek Drive near the corner of Sunset Lake Road, at the entrance to Creekside at Sunset Lake.

The Town of Holly Springs invites the entire community to the unveiling of a historic marker celebrating Revolutionary War Patriot Christopher Woodward’s mill and store. Near the mill at Camp Middle Creek, Lt. Col. Hardy Sanders mustered troops to protect the North Carolina legislature during the Revolutionary War.

Woodward operated a mill near the marker location as early as 1781. A frequent gathering place, the business milled lumber, ground corn and wheat, and ginned cotton. Tax records from 1819 indicate the Woodward family ran a retail store on the site, the first in this area.

Further details in the linked Holly Springs press release.

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