Events

Did you know that the National Guard in North Carolina is renovating a building on Blue Ridge Road to serve as a museum? Join us on September 15,  2025 at the Mordecai Visitors Center Classroom, 1101 Wake Forest Road, Raleigh, for a discussion with SSG Gary C Spencer as he talks about the NC NG’s work to retrofit a former State office building into an interactive museum that traces the development of the National Guard in North Carolina.

Explore the history of this community of free people of color, which was formed by 1830 and is located in the present-day town of Morrisville.

Wake County Register of Deeds, Tammy Brunner, and local historians, Lisa Boccetti and Bob Williams, will speak about the recently launched Racially Restrictive Covenants database on the Register of Deeds’ website. 

In this talk, Ashley Latta Post, historian and archivist, will explore the experiences of local veterans through the lens of the Military Collection at the State Archives of North Carolina.