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    "id": "nc-history-events",
    "name": "History Events in North Carolina: Reenactments, Living History and Tours",
    "description": "36 history events in North Carolina (battle reenactments, living-history days, heritage festivals, candlelight and holiday tours of historic homes, America 250 events) with dates as each organizer publishes them.",
    "page": "https://itsnorthcarolina.com/history/events/",
    "csv": "https://itsnorthcarolina.com/data/downloads/nc-history-events.csv",
    "json": "https://itsnorthcarolina.com/data/downloads/nc-history-events.json",
    "schema": "https://itsnorthcarolina.com/data/schema/nc-history-events.json",
    "derived": false,
    "inputs": null,
    "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
    "attribution": "It's North Carolina (itsnorthcarolina.com), CC BY 4.0",
    "citation": "It's North Carolina (2026). History Events in North Carolina: Reenactments, Living History and Tours. https://itsnorthcarolina.com/history/events/",
    "publisher": "It's North Carolina",
    "geo_scope": "North Carolina, USA",
    "last_checked": "2026-10-20",
    "row_count": 36,
    "columns": [
        "name",
        "kind",
        "city",
        "county",
        "region",
        "start",
        "end",
        "dates",
        "date_status",
        "price",
        "organizer",
        "organizer_url",
        "checked"
    ],
    "column_notes": {
        "name": "Event name as the organizer uses it",
        "kind": "Reenactment, Living history, Heritage festival, Candlelight or holiday tour, Tour of homes, Commemoration, America 250 or Other",
        "city": "City or town",
        "county": "County",
        "region": "Our editorial region",
        "start": "First date YYYY-MM-DD where the organizer has published it",
        "end": "Last date YYYY-MM-DD",
        "dates": "Dates as the organizer writes them",
        "date_status": "confirmed (organizer page shows the date) or usual-timing (organizer gives only a month or season)",
        "price": "Price as listed, Free, or See event site",
        "organizer": "Who runs it",
        "organizer_url": "Organizer's own page",
        "checked": "Date (YYYY-MM-DD) the row was read"
    },
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        {
            "name": "Christmas at Biltmore",
            "kind": "Holiday tour",
            "city": "Asheville",
            "county": "Buncombe",
            "region": "Asheville & Foothills",
            "start": "2026-11-03",
            "end": "2027-01-10",
            "dates": "Nov 3, 2026-Jan 10, 2027",
            "date_status": "confirmed",
            "price": "Included with dated admission (from $110 house visit)",
            "organizer": "The Biltmore Company",
            "organizer_url": "https://www.biltmore.com/christmas/",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "Remembering the American Revolution in the Cherokee Homeland",
            "kind": "America 250 program (talk)",
            "city": "Online",
            "county": null,
            "region": null,
            "start": "2026-11-04",
            "end": "2026-11-04",
            "dates": "Wed Nov 4, 2026, 2-3:30 p.m.",
            "date_status": "confirmed",
            "price": "Free",
            "organizer": "State Archives of North Carolina",
            "organizer_url": "https://events.dncr.nc.gov/event/remembering-the-american-revolution-in-the-cherokee-homeland",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "Appalachian Foodways Tour at Vance Birthplace",
            "kind": "Living history",
            "city": "Weaverville",
            "county": "Buncombe",
            "region": "Asheville & Foothills",
            "start": "2026-11-07",
            "end": "2026-11-07",
            "dates": "Sat Nov 7, 2026, 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m.",
            "date_status": "confirmed",
            "price": "$10.70",
            "organizer": "NC Division of State Historic Sites (DNCR)",
            "organizer_url": "https://events.dncr.nc.gov/event/appalachian-foodways-tour-at-vance-birthplace",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "Death & Dying Seasonal Tour",
            "kind": "Seasonal tour",
            "city": "Pineville",
            "county": "Mecklenburg",
            "region": "Charlotte Region",
            "start": "2026-11-07",
            "end": "2026-11-07",
            "dates": "Sat Nov 7, 2026, 3-4 p.m.",
            "date_status": "confirmed",
            "price": "$8 adults; $5 seniors 65+, youth 3-17, military",
            "organizer": "NC Division of State Historic Sites (DNCR)",
            "organizer_url": "https://events.dncr.nc.gov/event/death-dying-seasonal-tour",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "Veterans Day Commemoration Battlefield Hike",
            "kind": "Commemoration",
            "city": "Greensboro",
            "county": "Guilford",
            "region": "Triad",
            "start": "2026-11-07",
            "end": "2026-11-07",
            "dates": "Sat Nov 7, 2026, 10-11:30 a.m.",
            "date_status": "confirmed",
            "price": "Free",
            "organizer": "Guilford Courthouse National Military Park (NPS)",
            "organizer_url": "https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?id=67523148-9520-3FD3-314C72FA6D336EA3",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "America 250 Patriot Grove Dedication",
            "kind": "America 250",
            "city": "Grifton",
            "county": null,
            "region": null,
            "start": "2026-11-11",
            "end": "2026-11-11",
            "dates": "Wed Nov 11, 2026, 2-3 p.m.",
            "date_status": "confirmed",
            "price": "See official site",
            "organizer": "Daughters of the American Revolution and A Time for Science (listed on DNCR calendar)",
            "organizer_url": "https://events.dncr.nc.gov/event/america-250-patriot-grove-dedication",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "Bentonville Fall Festival",
            "kind": "Living history",
            "city": "Four Oaks",
            "county": "Johnston",
            "region": "Triangle",
            "start": "2026-11-14",
            "end": "2026-11-14",
            "dates": "Sat Nov 14, 2026, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.",
            "date_status": "confirmed",
            "price": "Adults $5; children 8 and under free",
            "organizer": "NC Division of State Historic Sites (DNCR)",
            "organizer_url": "https://events.dncr.nc.gov/event/fall-festival",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "Moores Creek Candlelight Tour",
            "kind": "Candlelight tour",
            "city": "Currie",
            "county": "Pender",
            "region": "Coast",
            "start": "2026-11-21",
            "end": "2026-11-21",
            "dates": "Sat Nov 21, 2026, first tour 5:30 p.m., last tour 8:30 p.m. (every 15 min)",
            "date_status": "confirmed",
            "price": "Free",
            "organizer": "Moores Creek National Battlefield (NPS)",
            "organizer_url": "https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?id=DAFF32A7-C74A-8FE2-F4BCD2255701D510",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "Mustering the Militia",
            "kind": "Living history",
            "city": "Kinston",
            "county": "Lenoir",
            "region": "Eastern Plain & Inner Banks",
            "start": "2026-11-21",
            "end": "2026-11-21",
            "dates": "Sat Nov 21, 2026, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.",
            "date_status": "confirmed",
            "price": "Free",
            "organizer": "NC Division of State Historic Sites (DNCR)",
            "organizer_url": "https://events.dncr.nc.gov/event/mustering-the-militia-1369",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "250th Anniversary of the Office of NC Governor",
            "kind": "America 250 / anniversary",
            "city": "Kinston",
            "county": "Lenoir",
            "region": "Eastern Plain & Inner Banks",
            "start": "2026-11-21",
            "end": "2026-11-21",
            "dates": "Sat Nov 21, 2026, wreath laying 11 a.m.",
            "date_status": "confirmed",
            "price": "Free",
            "organizer": "General George Washington Chapter SAR and Moseley-Bright Chapter DAR (on DNCR calendar)",
            "organizer_url": "https://events.dncr.nc.gov/event/250th-anniversary-of-the-office-of-nc-governor",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "Thanksgiving: Culinary & Cultural History",
            "kind": "Living history",
            "city": "Durham",
            "county": "Durham",
            "region": "Triangle",
            "start": "2026-11-21",
            "end": "2026-11-21",
            "dates": "Sat Nov 21, 2026, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.",
            "date_status": "confirmed",
            "price": "$10 recommended donation",
            "organizer": "NC Division of State Historic Sites (DNCR)",
            "organizer_url": "https://events.dncr.nc.gov/event/thanksgiving-culinary-cultural-history",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "American Indian Heritage Celebration",
            "kind": "Heritage festival",
            "city": "Raleigh",
            "county": "Wake",
            "region": "Triangle",
            "start": "2026-11-21",
            "end": "2026-11-21",
            "dates": "Sat Nov 21, 2026, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.",
            "date_status": "confirmed",
            "price": "See official site",
            "organizer": "NC American Indian Heritage Commission (DNCR)",
            "organizer_url": "https://events.dncr.nc.gov/event/american-indian-heritage-celebration",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "Home Moravian Church Candle Tea",
            "kind": "Holiday tour",
            "city": "Winston-Salem",
            "county": "Forsyth",
            "region": "Triad",
            "start": "2026-12-03",
            "end": "2026-12-12",
            "dates": "Dec 3-4 (1-7:30), Dec 5 (10:30-7:30), Dec 10-11 (1-7:30), Dec 12 (11:30-7:30), 2026",
            "date_status": "confirmed",
            "price": "$9 general; $5 ages 3-12; under 3 free",
            "organizer": "Home Moravian Church",
            "organizer_url": "https://www.homemoravian.org/candle-tea",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "Four Christmases at Bethabara",
            "kind": "Holiday tour",
            "city": "Winston-Salem",
            "county": "Forsyth",
            "region": "Triad",
            "start": "2026-12-05",
            "end": "2026-12-05",
            "dates": "Sat Dec 5, 2026, 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.",
            "date_status": "confirmed",
            "price": "Free",
            "organizer": "Historic Bethabara Park (on DNCR calendar)",
            "organizer_url": "https://events.dncr.nc.gov/event/four-christmases-at-bethabara",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "In Heavenly Peace: A Civil War Christmas",
            "kind": "Candlelight tour",
            "city": "Four Oaks",
            "county": "Johnston",
            "region": "Triangle",
            "start": "2026-12-05",
            "end": "2026-12-05",
            "dates": "Sat Dec 5, 2026, 5-8:30 p.m.",
            "date_status": "confirmed",
            "price": "Adults $5; children 8 and under free",
            "organizer": "NC Division of State Historic Sites (DNCR)",
            "organizer_url": "https://events.dncr.nc.gov/event/in-heavenly-peace-a-civil-war-christmas",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "Holiday Open House: A Colonial Christmas",
            "kind": "Holiday tour",
            "city": "Elizabeth City",
            "county": "Pasquotank",
            "region": "Eastern Plain & Inner Banks",
            "start": "2026-12-05",
            "end": "2026-12-05",
            "dates": "Sat Dec 5, 2026, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.",
            "date_status": "confirmed",
            "price": "See official site",
            "organizer": "Museum of the Albemarle (DNCR)",
            "organizer_url": "https://events.dncr.nc.gov/event/holiday-open-house-a-colonial-christmas-9285",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "Christmas Open House at Historic Hope Mansion",
            "kind": "Holiday tour",
            "city": "Windsor",
            "county": "Bertie",
            "region": "Eastern Plain & Inner Banks",
            "start": "2026-12-06",
            "end": "2026-12-06",
            "dates": "Sun Dec 6, 2026, 1-5 p.m.",
            "date_status": "confirmed",
            "price": "Free",
            "organizer": "Historic Hope (on DNCR calendar)",
            "organizer_url": "https://events.dncr.nc.gov/event/christmas-open-house-6068",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "Edenton Christmas Candlelight Tour (45th annual)",
            "kind": "Holiday tour of homes",
            "city": "Edenton",
            "county": "Chowan",
            "region": "Eastern Plain & Inner Banks",
            "start": "2026-12-11",
            "end": "2026-12-12",
            "dates": "Fri-Sat Dec 11-12, 2026",
            "date_status": "confirmed",
            "price": "See official site",
            "organizer": "Edenton Historical Commission",
            "organizer_url": "https://ehcnc.org/events/christmas/",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "Christmas at Historic Bath",
            "kind": "Holiday tour",
            "city": "Bath",
            "county": "Beaufort",
            "region": "Eastern Plain & Inner Banks",
            "start": "2026-12-12",
            "end": "2026-12-12",
            "dates": "Sat Dec 12, 2026, 4-7 p.m.",
            "date_status": "confirmed",
            "price": "See official site",
            "organizer": "NC Division of State Historic Sites (DNCR)",
            "organizer_url": "https://events.dncr.nc.gov/event/christmas-at-historic-bath",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "Christmas in Sedalia",
            "kind": "Holiday program",
            "city": "Gibsonville",
            "county": "Guilford",
            "region": "Triad",
            "start": "2026-12-12",
            "end": "2026-12-12",
            "dates": "Sat Dec 12, 2026, 4-6:30 p.m.",
            "date_status": "confirmed",
            "price": "See official site",
            "organizer": "NC Division of State Historic Sites (DNCR)",
            "organizer_url": "https://events.dncr.nc.gov/event/christmas-in-sedalia-2026",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "Home for the Holidays: A Victorian Holiday Open House",
            "kind": "Holiday tour",
            "city": "Asheville",
            "county": "Buncombe",
            "region": "Asheville & Foothills",
            "start": "2026-12-12",
            "end": "2026-12-12",
            "dates": "Sat Dec 12, 2026, 5-7 p.m.",
            "date_status": "confirmed",
            "price": "$10.70",
            "organizer": "NC Division of State Historic Sites (DNCR)",
            "organizer_url": "https://events.dncr.nc.gov/event/home-for-the-holidays-a-victorian-holiday-open-house-of-the-old-kentucky-home",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "Christmas Comes to Currie",
            "kind": "Living history",
            "city": "Currie",
            "county": "Pender",
            "region": "Coast",
            "start": "2026-12-12",
            "end": "2026-12-12",
            "dates": "Sat Dec 12, 2026, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.",
            "date_status": "confirmed",
            "price": "Free",
            "organizer": "Moores Creek National Battlefield (NPS)",
            "organizer_url": "https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?id=DB2E533B-EFC0-7829-A0007393B82EEBAF",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "Tryon Palace Candlelight",
            "kind": "Candlelight tour",
            "city": "New Bern",
            "county": "Craven",
            "region": "Eastern Plain & Inner Banks",
            "start": "2026-12-12",
            "end": "2026-12-19",
            "dates": "Sat Dec 12 and Sat Dec 19, 2026",
            "date_status": "confirmed",
            "price": "See official site",
            "organizer": "Tryon Palace (DNCR)",
            "organizer_url": "https://www.tryonpalace.org/",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "An 18th Century Christmas",
            "kind": "Living history",
            "city": "Winnabow",
            "county": "Brunswick",
            "region": "Coast",
            "start": "2026-12-13",
            "end": "2026-12-13",
            "dates": "Sun Dec 13, 2026, 1-5:30 p.m.",
            "date_status": "confirmed",
            "price": "$5",
            "organizer": "Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson (on DNCR calendar)",
            "organizer_url": "https://events.dncr.nc.gov/event/an-18th-century-christmas",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "Cookies and Crafts: Christmas Open House",
            "kind": "Holiday program",
            "city": "Kinston",
            "county": "Lenoir",
            "region": "Eastern Plain & Inner Banks",
            "start": "2026-12-17",
            "end": "2026-12-17",
            "dates": "Thu Dec 17, 2026, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.",
            "date_status": "confirmed",
            "price": "See official site",
            "organizer": "NC Division of State Historic Sites (DNCR)",
            "organizer_url": "https://events.dncr.nc.gov/event/cookies-and-crafts-christmas-open-house-960",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "Christmas Candlelight Open House",
            "kind": "Candlelight tour",
            "city": "Fremont",
            "county": "Wayne",
            "region": "Eastern Plain & Inner Banks",
            "start": "2026-12-19",
            "end": "2026-12-19",
            "dates": "Sat Dec 19, 2026, 5-7 p.m.",
            "date_status": "confirmed",
            "price": "$5 + tax ages 13 and up",
            "organizer": "NC Division of State Historic Sites (DNCR)",
            "organizer_url": "https://events.dncr.nc.gov/event/christmas-candlelight-open-house-2836",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "Making Our Voices Heard (America 250 NC traveling exhibit)",
            "kind": "America 250 exhibit",
            "city": "Burlington",
            "county": "Alamance",
            "region": "Triad",
            "start": "2027-02-02",
            "end": "2027-02-02",
            "dates": "Opens Tue Feb 2, 2027 (closing date not posted)",
            "date_status": "confirmed",
            "price": "See official site",
            "organizer": "America 250 NC (DNCR)",
            "organizer_url": "https://events.dncr.nc.gov/event/making-our-voices-heard",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "Guilford Courthouse Battle Anniversary Weekend",
            "kind": "Battle anniversary / living history",
            "city": "Greensboro",
            "county": "Guilford",
            "region": "Triad",
            "start": "2027-03-13",
            "end": "2027-03-14",
            "dates": "Sat-Sun March 13-14, 2027",
            "date_status": "confirmed",
            "price": "See official site",
            "organizer": "Guilford Courthouse National Military Park (NPS)",
            "organizer_url": "https://www.nps.gov/guco/planyourvisit/guco-250events.htm",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "March to Kings Mountain (America 250 NC traveling exhibit)",
            "kind": "America 250 exhibit",
            "city": "Burlington",
            "county": "Alamance",
            "region": "Triad",
            "start": "2027-04-07",
            "end": "2027-04-07",
            "dates": "Opens Wed Apr 7, 2027 (closing date not posted)",
            "date_status": "confirmed",
            "price": "See official site",
            "organizer": "America 250 NC (DNCR)",
            "organizer_url": "https://events.dncr.nc.gov/event/march-to-kings-mountain",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "First Flight anniversary celebration",
            "kind": "Anniversary commemoration",
            "city": "Kill Devil Hills",
            "county": "Dare",
            "region": "Coast",
            "start": null,
            "end": null,
            "dates": "Usually Dec. 17 (2025 event began 8:30 a.m.)",
            "date_status": "usual-timing",
            "price": "Entrance fees waived on Dec. 17 (2025)",
            "organizer": "Wright Brothers National Memorial (NPS) with First Flight Society",
            "organizer_url": "https://www.nps.gov/wrbr/",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "Fort Fisher anniversary commemoration",
            "kind": "Anniversary commemoration",
            "city": "Kure Beach",
            "county": "New Hanover",
            "region": "Coast",
            "start": null,
            "end": null,
            "dates": "Usually mid-January (161st was Sat Jan 17, 2026)",
            "date_status": "usual-timing",
            "price": "Free entry; 'Above the Scenes' tours $10 + tax (2026)",
            "organizer": "NC Division of State Historic Sites (DNCR)",
            "organizer_url": "https://historicsites.nc.gov/all-sites/fort-fisher",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "Halifax Resolves Day",
            "kind": "Anniversary commemoration",
            "city": "Halifax",
            "county": "Halifax",
            "region": "Triangle",
            "start": null,
            "end": null,
            "dates": "Usually around April 12",
            "date_status": "usual-timing",
            "price": "See official site",
            "organizer": "NC Division of State Historic Sites (DNCR)",
            "organizer_url": "https://historicsites.nc.gov/a250-historic-sites",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "Juneteenth at Stagville",
            "kind": "Juneteenth",
            "city": "Durham",
            "county": "Durham",
            "region": "Triangle",
            "start": null,
            "end": null,
            "dates": "Usually mid-June (annual)",
            "date_status": "usual-timing",
            "price": "See official site",
            "organizer": "NC Division of State Historic Sites (DNCR)",
            "organizer_url": "https://historicsites.nc.gov/news/events/juneteenth-stagville",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "Unto These Hills (outdoor drama)",
            "kind": "Heritage drama",
            "city": "Cherokee",
            "county": "Swain",
            "region": "Smoky Mountains",
            "start": null,
            "end": null,
            "dates": "Usually late May through mid-August (closed Sundays)",
            "date_status": "usual-timing",
            "price": "2026: general $35 adult, $30 senior; reserved $45/$40/$35 child; VIP $60",
            "organizer": "Cherokee Historical Association",
            "organizer_url": "https://cherokeehistorical.org/unto-these-hills/",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "Lumbee Homecoming",
            "kind": "Heritage festival",
            "city": "Pembroke",
            "county": "Robeson",
            "region": "Sandhills",
            "start": null,
            "end": null,
            "dates": "Usually early July (week-long)",
            "date_status": "usual-timing",
            "price": "See official site",
            "organizer": "Lumbee Tribe, UNC-Pembroke, Town of Pembroke and partners",
            "organizer_url": "https://www.doa.nc.gov/news/events/lumbee-homecoming-2026",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "Mountain Life Festival",
            "kind": "Heritage festival",
            "city": "Cherokee",
            "county": "Swain",
            "region": "Smoky Mountains",
            "start": null,
            "end": null,
            "dates": "Usually September (annual)",
            "date_status": "usual-timing",
            "price": "Free (parking tag required)",
            "organizer": "Great Smoky Mountains National Park (NPS)",
            "organizer_url": "https://www.nps.gov/grsm/learn/news/join-us-at-the-mountain-life-festival-in-great-smoky-mountains-national-park.htm",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        }
    ]
}