Sycamore Hill Gateway Plaza/Sycamore Hill Missionary Baptist Church
On the eve of the Civil War, a small group of African Americans gathered for worship and fellowship. Their church grew on this site as the Sycamore...
Sgt. York Walking Trail
After the death of his platoon leader, Alvin York took command and charged into a machine gun nest in Chatel-Chehery, France.
African Americans Defend Washington
The African Americans who joined Union forces in defending Washington, North Carolina against a Confederate siege in March and April 1983 foreshadowed...
Abraham Wooten Monument & Mount Zion Primitive Baptist Church
This historic building and monument testify to the freedom and resiliency of the African American’s who erected them more than a century ago and...
Greenwood Cemetery
Established in 1860, Greenwood Cemetery is the second oldest public cemetery and the first city-owned African American cemetery in New Bern, North...
St. Philips Moravian Church
St. Philips Moravian Church’s history recalls how Moravians moved away from spiritual equality with Salem’s enslaved and free Black community, but...