Exploring Wilmington NC-America’s First World War Heritage City (Part Two)

Battleship North Carolina aka ‘The Showboat’ to Hidden History at the Cape Fear Museum and USO Memories at the Hannah Block Community Center… In early August, I had the opportunity to spend two action-packed days exploring Wilmington’s World War II Heritage. Wilmington’s World War II heritage can be found throughout the city: from the mighty […]

Exploring The Cape Fear: A Revolutionary Road Trip

A Revolutionary Road Trip to the Cape Fear In today’s American Nomad adventure, we’re embarking on a Revolutionary Road Trip through North Carolina’s Cape Fear region. From the Stamp Act Crisis of 1765 through the American Revolution, Wilmington, Brunswick Town, and the greater Cape Fear area stood at ground zero for patriot resistance and the […]

Revolutionary Cape Fear: The Fires of Liberty (1767-1776)

In our last American Nomad Historical Adventure, we traveled back to 1765-66, during the pivotal Cape Fear Stamp Act Crisis. In the Fall of 1765 to the Spring of 1766, Wilmington and neighboring Brunswick Town were a hotbed of resistance against the despised British Stamp Act, which imposed a tax on all paper goods, from […]

Revolutionary Cape Fear: The Stamp Act Crisis

In this edition of American Nomad Traveler, we’re going back in time to circa 1765 in North Carolina’s Lower Cape Fear Region—a time of unrest, turmoil, and outcries for liberty against the despised Stamp Act of 1765. Whoever thinks history is boring certainly wasn’t in Wilmington in 1765. The Cape Fear Region was ground zero […]

Buried History: Raleigh’s City Cemetery – The Newspaper Men

Welcome to Buried History, where we visit historic cemeteries to dig into the rich and fascinating lives of those who came before us. This isn’t about ghosts; it’s about people. Each life mattered, and by taking a moment to pause and contemplate their struggles and joys, we keep their memory alive. It’s this connection to […]

Buried History: Raleigh’s City Cemetery (Part 1)

History Trails: North Carolina’s Oldest Town – Bath

Today on American Nomad’s History Trails, we’re time-traveling through over 300 years of history as we visit North Carolina’s oldest established town: Bath, North Carolina. Today Bath is a quiet riverfront community where the past feels ever present. As you stroll its historic streets, you can hear voices of the past whisper in the rustle […]

History Trails: Time Traveling in Hillsborough NC

Nestled in the heart of North Carolina’s Piedmont, Hillsborough is a town where each step along the downtown streets whispers stories from its fascinating past. Its history spans centuries, from Native American roots and the Colonial era, through its pivotal role in the American Revolution and founding of the nation, to the horrors of the […]

History Trails: Discovering Hillsborough’s Moorefields

On our latest American Nomad Historical Adventure, we’re traveling through time to a true North Carolina treasure: the 1785 Federal-style estate of Moorefields in Hillsborough. Nestled on seventy-five acres, adjacent to the protected wilderness of Seven-Mile Creek, the story of Moorefields spans centuries. Before European settlement, Native American tribes like the Occaneechi lived in this […]

America 250 -Liberty Trails: Third Provincial Congress in Hillsborough NC

On Saturday, September 6th I had the privilege to travel back in time 250 years to one of the pivotal events in North Carolina’s movement towards independence during the American Revolution: The 3rd Provincial Congress. Held in Hillsborough NC from August to September 1775, this Congress featured a now ‘who’s who’ of Hall of Fame […]