N.C. Department of Cultural Resources

The North Carolina State Capitol will sponsor its annual family Independence Day celebration from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. on Monday, July 4, including an outdoor naturalization ceremony for approximately 30 new citizens at noon.

The N.C. State Library is awarding $2.2 million in federally funded grants for 123 local and statewide library projects for community outreach, library book collections, technology improvements and digitization of materials.

A research team led by the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources' Underwater Archaeology Branch lift ed a nearly-3,000-pound anchor from the wreckage of Blackbeard's flagship, the Queen Anne's Revenge, in 20 feet of water just off the N.C. coast.

The renovated historic structure housing the Western Office of the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources in east Asheville will hold a grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony with dignitaries and special guests Friday morning, May 27.

A recovery effort to retrieve Blackbeard's 3,000-pound anchor begins today in the Atlantic waters near the Beaufort, N.C., site of the Queen Anne's Revenge shipwreck.

One of 14 grants nationwide is going to the North Carolina State Library, a competitive “SPARKS!” grant of $25,000 from the Institute of Museums and Library Services (IMLS) for preservating electronic publications.

The new HPO Web site maps tNorth Carolina's 2,700 listings in the National Register of Historic Places, which includes 500 historic districts and 32,000 other places that have other types of historic designations.

Preservation North Carolina Executive Director Myrick Howard will explain his organization’s work and speak on “Real Estate Is the Name of the Game: Saving Endangered Historic Properties Across N.C.” on May 10 at noon in downtown Raleigh.

The N.C. Department of Cultural Resources announces the NCCulture App, a free beta feature of the Android app. This feature connects users with news and events in arts, history, archives and libraries that are part of the state agency.

The North Carolina “Freedom, Sacrifice, Memory: Civil War Sesquicentennial Photography Exhibit” will be on display May 2-28 at the Wilson County Public Library in Wilson and the Alleghany County Public Library in Sparta.