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It can be difficult to keep kids and grandkids busy during long Christmas breaks. The John Locke Foundation hopes their new history lessons — available for elementary, middle, and high school ages through the NC History Project — can help with this challenge.
Published: Monday, December 22nd, 2025 @ 8:50 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina has, over time, developed a reputation as a battleground state. Tar Heels may be surprised to learn, however, that North Carolinians, with opposing opinions, once unfortunately settled their political debate on an actual battleground -- the 1771 Battle of Alamance.
Published: Saturday, January 23rd, 2016 @ 4:59 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Samuel Johnston, one of early North Carolina's most durable politicians, served as governor during the debate over the ratification of the United States Constitution.
Published: Sunday, August 11th, 2013 @ 2:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Nicholas Ludwig von Zinzendorf promoted emotional religious expression and arranged for Moravians to move to the North Carolina Piedmont.
Published: Monday, May 27th, 2013 @ 2:41 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In 1735, Maurice Moore was born in what became known as Brunswick County. His father had earned great wealth in South Carolina as a planter along the Lower Cape Fear region and later moved to the modern-day Brunswick County area.
Published: Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012 @ 1:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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