Rescheduled! Join UNCG Museum Studies students and Greensboro History Museum staff at the site of the former Central Carolina Convalescent Hospital for talks, stories, and sharing about the history of hospital as a response to the 1948 polio epidemic. Program takes place at People & Paws for Hope, 710 Huffine Mill Road, Greensboro. Refreshments provided. […]

Wartime changed life for women in North Carolina and across the nation in the early 20th century. Keynote speaker Lynn Dumenil, professor of history at Occidental College and author of The Second Line of Defense: American Women and World War I, connects “Women, World War I, and the Emergence of Modern America.” Joining her will be UNCG’s […]

20% off for museum members on all merchandise. Includes new items such as Greenwich Bay Trading Co. fall soaps, soy candles from Greensboro Candle Company, novelty socks from Hot Sox, and all-natural soaps,scrubs and bath bombs made by Salem Essential Apothecary.

Commemoration with guest speaker former Greensboro mayor Bill Knight Photo: Lynn Donovan

Costumed interpreters bring to life the stories of service members from the Revolutionary to the Gulf War.

Well-known columnist Harry Thetford talks about the meanings behind this annual observance. Social time begins at 10, with the program commencing at 10:30. Guests welcome. For more information, call Sandra Canipe at 336.273.6491.

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Mark your calendar for this annual festive gathering. This year's luncheon takes place at the O.Henry Hotel! Featuring the Gate City Consort playing early music. Reservations required. For more information, call Sandra Canipe at 336.273.6491.

City holiday

The Negro Motorist Green Book was an annual travel guide aimed at African American travelers published between 1936 and 1964. Over its 28 years of publication, this national guide included 327 listings for North Carolina, including 14 in Greensboro. Learn about the effort to document these locations and the history of African American motor travel. […]