Fuquay-Varina Museums

05/05/2026

Wonderful program for FVHS 50th Celebration. Mr. James and the entire staff deserve high praise for a special day in a special year of activity. The wonderful closing "School Song" by the choral group was magical! Thank you all of FVHS for this day!

At the Museums:
Heritage Day program had to be cancelled because of the much needed rain. We will see how to recognize these groups later.

04/19/2026

REMINDER TO ALL: HERITAGE DAY AT THE MUSEUMS WILL BE MAY 2.
Please plan to come with your family for lunch with Daddy D's food truck at 11:00, then tour the museums at 11:45 opening, and stay for the program "Historical Recognition" at 1:00 p.m.

04/13/2026

Headline Highlights: America 250 NC in the News
As we prepare for the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the articles below highlight how we spark conversation, connect communities, support projects, and honor our collective past.
George Washington ‘First Oval Office Project’ comes to Tryon Palace for America 250
Patriots of the American Revolution plaque dedication set
First Oval Office Project at Tryon Palace for America 250
Explore North Carolina’s early transportation story during America 250 Presentation Series
George Washington’s “First Oval Office” Coming to North Carolina for America 250
Alamance Battleground celebrates 250 years of independence
Students in schools across Halifax County celebrate: Hold NC's Largest Birthday Party for America's 250th
"First Oval Office Project" will set up camp at Tryon Palace as part of America 250 celebration
Dare A250 Faire to Be Held in downtown Manteo April 18
Rockingham County Launches America 250 Digital Experience on Visit RoCo Website
Tea parties too: Edenton, Wilmington women protested tax
Tryon Palace displays replica of Washington’s Revolutionary War tent for America’s 250th
'First Oval Office Project' comes to Tryon Palace
Online exhibit about NC’s first governor launched by Department of Natural and Cultural Resources
North Carolina’s Halifax Resolves will be back home for America250 celebration
America’s first call for independence returning to Halifax for first time since 1776
Halifax Resolves return to NC for temporary display
Governor announces Halifax Resolves to return to N.C. for first time since 1776
Historic Halifax groups to host Longview commemoration event
Digital exhibit about North Carolina's first governor launched

04/11/2026

04/08/2026

Heritage Day: Plan to come, eat lunch, tour all of
the museums and attend the Historic Recognition Program.

DADDY D's food truck: 11:00-3:00 serving adults and children

04/06/2026

HERITAGE DAY: May 2, 2026
Tour museums: 11:30-1:00 and 2:00-4:00
Come and help us welcome for
"Historical Recognition" several
organizations and groups which have given
much to our town! Look for more on this.
1:00-2:00 p.m. "Under the Tent"

02/12/2026

Who built the Little Depot? Find out in Historically Speaking: https://fuquay-varina-museums.org/historically-speaking/

02/05/2026

BLACK HISTORY FROM NC 250 ANNIVERSARY

Pieces of the Past: This Month in NC History
• Feb. 1, 1960 - Four African-American college students sat down at a whites-only lunch counter at Woolworth's Department Store, starting a peaceful sit-in Civil Rights protest.�
• Feb. 3, 1983 - Henry Frye was sworn in as North Carolina's first African American Supreme Court Justice.�
• Feb. 6, 1971 - Mike's Grocery, a small store in Wilmington, was firebombed and burned. The arson came after a week of violent racial tension following the desegregation of the city's high schools.�
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Memorial Statue of the Greensboro Four. DNCR.�
• Feb. 8, 1898 - Warren Coleman and his associates laid the cornerstone for the nation's first black-owned cotton mill in Concord.�
�• Feb. 11, 1813 - Harriet Jacobs, self-emancipated enslaved person, writer, and abolitionist, was born in Edenton. �
• Feb. 17, 1963 - Basketball star Michael Jordan was born in New York. His family moved to Wilmington, NC, before he turned one.�
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• Feb. 20, 1885 - Twenty-two years after Emancipation,
Freedmen in Edgecombe County incorporated Princeville,
the state's first black town.� �
North Carolina Highway Historical Markers.�
• Feb. 27, 1964 - Black feminist activist, scholar, and educator
Anna Julia Haywood Cooper died at the age of 105. She
was born enslaved in 1858 in Raleigh.

01/22/2026

Learn about Ensign Simon William Ragsdale, son of Robert E. Ragsdale and Clara Thompson Ragsdale, in the latest addition to Historically Speaking: https://fuquay-varina-museums.org/historically-speaking/

01/20/2026

The Museums have repeatedly emphasized that integration of the high schools occurred in 1970 not 1975. However, the plan is to discuss the process here while the FVHS celebrates the 50 years on the Bengal Blvd campus beginning in 1975 in their events during this year.
Event details for the Cultural Arts Program
February 22, 2026 at 2:00 pm
Fuquay-Varina Arts Center (123 E. Vance Street)
Purchase tickets ($10 each)

01/19/2026

The Friends of the Museums encourage you to participate in the program planned by the Cultural Arts Society of FV on Feb 22 at 2:00 p.m. The museums were happy to contribute some of the archival information relative to integration of schools for this program. We understand it is a ticketed event, a fundraiser, but more importantly informational and educational!