News
Keep kids busy over Christmas break with NC history lessons
The NC History Project from the John Locke Foundation provides lessons for elementary, middle, and high school students on important NC issues.
Opinion
The hoarder who helmed our state
The Third Provincial Congress had to set up a new government for a province in rebellion. Fortunately, they also had a talented leader in Samuel Johnston.
Opinion
Why North Carolinians downsized governors
About the same time North Carolina leaders learned their representative body was dissolved, news of the battles of Lexington and Concord arrived in the colony.
News
NC History Museum closed for up to 3 years during America’s 250th celebration
The museum closed in early October last year and will remain closed while undergoing its first renovation since 1994. North Carolina plays a significant role in the founding of America, being the home of historical events like the Edenton Tea Party, the Halifax Resolves, and the Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge.
Opinion
How fiction can illuminate and inspire
I once wrote a musical play with a character who spoke almost exclusively in words beginning with “a.” The practice was, in her own words, “awesome” and “awfully annoying.” Her appellation was Alpha. Actually, she was the first volume of an encyclopedia come to life. Most characters in the show, Turn the Page, were either...
Opinion
North Carolina: Early to the revolution
In early 1776, battle lines in NC had already been drawn between loyalists to the British crown and American patriots. At the Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge, these lines burst into the open.
Opinion
Time to celebrate America’s founding
For political journalists, a standard tool of the trade is the New Year prediction column. Especially when the date is an even number, signifying the start of a presidential or midterm election cycle, pundits typically offer up a series of forecasts about who will win, who will lose, and whom the losers will blame. (Who’ll...
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Film on 1898 Wilmington coup ‘In the Pines’ wins at Golden Hour Film Festival
In the Pines, a John Locke Foundation-produced short film based on the 1898 insurrection that toppled Wilmington’s elected local government, recently won Best Film and two other awards at the Golden Hour Film Festival in Morganton. In addition to Best Film, Pandora Broadwater won Best Actress for her role as an older version of protagonist...
Opinion
April is a time to remember the Scottish roots of freedom
From the Declaration of Arbroath to the American Revolution, the Scottish heritage of freedom has had an ongoing impact on North Carolina.
Opinion
North Carolinians can be proud of their history
While North Carolina suffered under slavery and segregation for far too long, the courage of students from N.C. A&T State University transformed the trajectory of our state and nation.
Opinion
Carolina traditions still have value
North Carolinians have developed governmental institutions that favor legislative over executive power, statewide consistency over local sovereignty, and fiscal solvency over grandiose plans.
Opinion
Open Mind, Not Empty Mind
An openness to new ideas and a willingness to subject old ideas to critical examination are both essential to the successful pursuit of knowledge.
