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Jon Miller (Battlefield Adjutant), Jon Fitzgerald (teacher), Pete Meyer (Battlefield guide), Jerry Shake (Battlefield guide), Steve Shaffer (Battlefield guide), Lynne Harakal, (Executive Director, Historical Society). Students in Mr. Fitzgeralds’ Advisory: Noah McLaughlin, Jeffrey Williams, Patrick Robertson. Logan Goodwin, Anthony Rocco, Zachary Brown, […]
Epiphany Students Aid New Bern’s Civil War Battlefield Read More »
Tryon Palace Performing Art Series Concert Held Jan. 25 at Cullman Hall The Ventus Quintet welcomes pianist Barbara McKenzie for a night that celebrates France’s most inspiring and lighthearted musical tastes. Presented by the American Music Festival and the Tryon Palace Performing
Ventus Quintet Celebrates the Spirit of France at Tryon Palace Read More »
Attorney Bernie Siler Tryon Palace to Launch Yearlong Series Jan. 17 at Cullman Performance Hall Attorney Bernie Siler will open Tryon Palace’s African-American Lecture Series on Thursday, Jan. 17, with a journey across the inspiration and historical impact of the Emancipation Proclamation.
African-American Lecture Series Begins with ‘Emancipation Proclamation’ Read More »
America’s Premier Battlefield Historian will present Turning of the Tide: Gettysburg and Vicksburg These fascinating events will be told as only Ed Bearss can tell them! Anyone who has been to an Ed Bearss program knows he is fascinating to watch and
Back for the 7th Year – Ed Bearss Read More »
The newly released “Knight of the Purple Ribbon: A Novel (Baron de Graffenried’s Colonial Adventures)” is a historic novel based on the real life adventures of the charming Swiss nobleman Baron Christoph de Graffenried, (ancestor to former First Lady Laura Bush, Senator
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We are very happy to announce that the January – March Quarterly Ledger publication is available online, in color! Hardcopies will be distributed throughout the Greater New Bern area next week. Some people think that New Bern Now is staffed with a
January 2013 Quarterly Ledger available online! Read More »
The above video is a snapshot of what happened in 2012. Although some may believe we are still in an economic slump, my optimistic view is only reinforced by the businesses and non-profits that opened or expanded in 2012 in New Bern,
2012 Year in Review – New Bern, North Carolina Read More »
Always on the lookout for ways to improve New Bern Now, I ran across this interesting video of Paul Studtmann, a Davidson College Professor, interviewing David Boraks. David is the Founder and Publisher of the CorneliusNews.net.net and DavidsonNews.net.net. The interview was about
Keeping it Local, with Community websites! Read More »
Tryon Palace and the North Carolina History Center in New Bern will begin 2013 with a new Marketing and Communications Manager. Craig Ramey, an award-winning journalist with extensive experience in publishing, editing, social media and global marketing will be the new media
Tryon Palace Appoints New Marketing and Communications Manager Read More »
On Thursday, January 17 at 2pm join New Bern Native Anthony Lilly and special guests as they illuminate the life of pioneering photographer Bayard Wootten, sharing her rich family history, her road to success, and her passion for the artistic medium which
Through the Lens: The Life of Bayard Wootten Read More »