Star Fort
Built by Loyalist soldiers and slaves from nearby plantations, the Star Fort was constructed between December 1780 and early 1781 outside of Ninety...
Orange County Historical Museum
Hillsborough, North Carolina | The museum interprets the history of Orange County, North Carolina, founded in 1752.
Museum of the Albemarle
Elizabeth City, North Carolina | The museum tells the story of the people who have lived in the Albemarle region from prehistory to the present.
The Woodlands Cemetery
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | The cemetery, incorporated in 1840 on the grounds of the historic Hamilton Mansion, built circa 1788, is the gravesite of...
Gilmore Farm
George Gilmore was born into slavery at Montpelier about 1810. Like millions of African Americans throughout the South, Gilmore made the transition to...
Mepkin Plantation
These 3,000 idyllic acres now house a monastery for Cistercian (Trappist) monks, but in the 18th century Mepkin was the principal home of rice planter...