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Displaying items by tag: historichalifax

Friday, 10 August 2018 13:05

Historic site offers two new guided tours

Historic Halifax State Historic Site is offering two new guided tours which include access to the site’s historic structures while exploring the lives of the town’s early citizens.  

Saturday, 14 April 2018 14:00

Photo gallery: Resolves weekend winds down

Three days of commemorating the signing of the Halifax Resolves winds down today at 3:30 p.m. at the state Historic Site in Halifax.

Thursday, 12 April 2018 14:49

Let freedom ring! Resolves festivities underway

Today began the first of a weekend of festivities honoring the 242nd anniversary of the Halifax Resolves in Historic Halifax.

Fed up with taxes imposed by Great Britain and the obstruction of self-governance, American colonists were ready to free themselves from British rule.

Wednesday, 21 February 2018 16:16

Halifax sets launch event for History Worth Repeating

After its postponement due to inclement weather in December, Halifax will launch and promote its participation in the History Worth Repeating program next week.

Three historic towns — Edenton, Halifax and Warrenton — have entered a joint effort to market and promote themselves as connected tourist destinations under the Discover History Worth Repeating program.

Saturday, 02 September 2017 13:46

Photo gallery: Workin' for an 18th Century livin'

The Halifax state Historic Site put on demonstrations of the different types of 18th Century labor today.

Tuesday, 29 August 2017 15:10

Historic Halifax to highlight 18th Century jobs

Historic Halifax Saturday will honor Labor Day with demonstrations of various 18th Century jobs.

In 1781 Cornwallis’s army was making its way from Wilmington to Yorktown, the site of their ultimate surrender.

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