“Before They Were Heroes at Kings Mountain” sponsored by NC Humanities Council.

“Before They Were Heroes at Kings Mountain” - A new Kings Mountain Story - expanding the telling of the traditional heroic tale onto new North Carolina landscapes trod by militiamen before and after this battle which turned the tide of the American Revolution.

This presentation sponsored by a grant from the NC Humanities Council

Bag Lunch Talk Series

“Famous and Infamous Women of North Carolina”

212 S. Gaston Street
Brevard, NC

“Famous and Infamous Women of North Carolina”

Hot Springs (Madison County), NC

This presentation is sponsored by a grant from the NC Humanities Council.

Mary Slocumb Chapter, DAR - Mooresville, NC

“Other Lives of Daniel Boone—a wife, a daughter, a granddaughter”

In honor of March as National Women’s History Month, the 250th anniversary of Daniel Boone’s first excursion through the Cumberland Gap, and the centennial of the Woman Suffrage Movement and ratification of the 19th Amendment in August 1920.

Mooresville Public Library
304 S. Main Street

Presentation sponsored by NC Humanities Council, Road Scholars Speakers Bureau

“Famous and Infamous Women of North Carolina”

First Baptist Church, 202 N Second St.
Albemarle, NC

This presentation is sponsored by a grant from the NC Humanities Council.

Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Outer Banks, Kitty Hawk, NC

Speaker Series
“Famous and Infamous Women of North Carolina”
This talk is supported with funding provided by the NC Humanities Council

“Famous and Infamous Women of North Carolina”

In honor of National Women’s History Month

Meeting at Goodwill Industries of the South, 5301 Wilkinson Blvd, Charlotte, NC

“Famous and Infamous Women of North Carolina” sponsored by NC Humanities Council, Road Scholar Speakers Bureau

Aldersgate Retirement Community, Shamrock Road, Charlotte, NC

This presentation is sponsored by a grant from the NC Humanities Council.

“Famous and Infamous Women of North Carolina” sponsored by the NC Humanities Council, Road Scholar Speakers Bureau

Statesville, North Carolina

This presentation is sponsored by a grant from the NC Humanities Council.

“South Carolina Heroes at Kings Mountain”

“a broader, bolder, new history of the Battle of Kings Mountain adding the route of the South Carolina militia to get to the battle, new history only developed four years ago by three independent scholars

Forest Lake Club, Columbia, SC

“The State of the Revolution, 1780” - connecting the events of 1780 before and after the Battle of Kings Mountain to Hillsborough, NC, showing its consequential involvement with the battle more than 100 miles away, events which turned the tide of the American Revolution.

Orange County Public Library

This presentation is sponsored by a grant from the NC Humanities Council.

A New Kings Mountain Story - route of the South Carolina militia and Lincoln Co. NC militia getting to what became the Battle of Kings Mountain.

Sixty-Six Grill and Tap House
3440 Frontis Street, Winston Salem, NC

Fall Conference, Friday Dinner speaker, McKinnon Center, NC State University, Raleigh, NC

“Daniel Boone’s Life in North Carolina”

Winston-Salem, NC
Annual Apple Festival - exhibitor

Annual meeting
Old Salem Visitor Center, James A. Gray, Jr. Auditorium

Speaking on the American Revolution: “They Came to Wachovia, Tired, Cold, and Hungry”

This talk is supported with funding provide by the NC Humanities Council.

“Outlandish Ayr” adds to the events repeated from Saturday’s event some readings from the Outlander series by Diana Galbadon and a focus on the placement of some characters in that series in North Carolina during the War of the Regulation which took place in and around Hillsborough.

Talks by Randell Jones:
10:15 - “Great Scots! They came to North Carolina”
2:50 - Storytelling - Scots-Irish folktale and story from the life of Daniel Boone

“Ceilidh at Ayr” honors Scottish heritage and culture at the home of William Kirkland, built in 1815.
Events on Saturday include music, food, Scottish country dancing, demonstrations, and storytelling.

Talks by Randell Jones
10:15 - “Great Scots! They came to North Carolina”
3:15 - “It’s Revolutionary” - Scots at the Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge and Scots-Irish at the Battle of Kings Mountain

“Daniel Boone of North Carolina” - a talk at Flyleaf Books in Chapel Hill, NC, to promote the upcoming Scottish Heritage Festival and “Outlandish” events at Ayr Mount Sept 12 and 13.

This talk on October 9 is made possible by funding from the NC Humanities Council.

Presentation on the life of Daniel Boone especially relating to his passage through the Clinch and Powell river valleys in 1769 on his first excursion through the Cumberland Gap as well as his marking of Boone Trace six years later and both the tragic and heroic events in his life in between.

The Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail Interpretive Center opened in January 2019. It complements the programming at “the Blockhouse” at Natural Tunnel State Park organized and hosted by the Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail Association. Visit www.DanielBooneTrail.com to join, to support, and to learn more.

Ceremonial remarks at the Pinnacle Overlook to begin the night walk through the Cumberland Gap to commemorate the 250th anniversary of Daniel Boone’s first excursion through this gap into Kentucky in 1769. Public participants with reservations will then walk in scheduled cohorts and interact with reenactors along the route sharing historical perspectives on Daniel Boone and the westward movement which soon followed through this gap. (NPS provides shuttle bus for those with reservations. NPS provides details.)

Two talks in the Visitor Center at 11am and 3pm about Daniel Boone and especially his 1769 excursion through the Powell River valley and his first passage through the Cumberland Gap. Augments “Long Hunter’s Camp” on-site that weekend with reenactors at replica fort; night walk through historic Cumberland Gap to observe the 250th anniversary of Daniel Boone’s first excursion through America’s first gateway to the West.

Wilderness Road State Park, Calor, Virginia

“Famous and Infamous Women of North Carolina”

Arbor Acres Retirement Village, Winston-Salem, NC
(private event)

“Other Lives of Daniel Boone—a wife, a daughter, a granddaughter”

Annual meeting and dinner. Richmond, KY.

Cool History on Hot Days Talk at the replica fort
”A Gap in Our History—Daniel Boone Through the Cumberland Gap, 1769”
250th anniversary of Boone’s first excursion through the Cumberland Gap

Exhibitor at one-day event as part of IGHR, sponsored and hosted by Georgia Genealogical Society, University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education, Athens, GA

Historical and genealogical organizations are available to help visitors Fort Boonesborough State Park near Richmond, Kentucky

Exhibitor and storyteller

Featured author at Second Spring Arts Festival, Broyhill Center, Clemmons, NC
Author’s table 10am - 6pm
Speaking at 1:00pm with something special for those attending for different reasons.

For those coming to see and hear: Storytelling, with a story from America’s pioneer era about three young women facing danger on the frontier
For those coming to be inspired: Exploring how writers work to stay relevant amidst the changes among the 3 M’s—message, media and minds.
For those who want to participate: Sharing from the 2018 and 2019 anthologies from the Personal Essay Publishing Project and announcing the theme for PEPP-2020.

Join us to be entertained, inspired, and challenged.

In the Footsteps of Daniel Boone
TBA

NCHC sponsorship pending