Bringing history to you.
All year, Thankful Heritage Museum hosts and participates in dozens of events across North Carolina. From Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. town festivals to Black History Month programs to Juneteenth celebrations, holidays, commemorative state history events and more, we bring our collection and storytelling wherever people gather to learn.
Our exhibits and presentations are for everyone of all ages. Check back here often for upcoming events—or invite us to be part of yours.
Upcoming Events
19June– Private event at Magnolia Glen
20June – Triad Cultural Arts – Innovation Quarter: Bailey Park & Biotech Place, Winston- Salem NC 27101: 12:30PM, Free to the Public
21June- 6th Annual Juneteenth Festival: 117 S Main St, Red Springs NC 28377: 2PM-6PM, Free to the Public
27June- The 1865 Society of Pender County: 115 South Dickerson St. Burgaw, NC(At the Arts Council): 10AM-4PM, Free to the Public
2026 EVENTS
MARK YOUR CALENDARS AND CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY ALL YEAR!
*Asterisk denotes Reception events with cake-cutting ceremonies
*January 16: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday 1929
January 31: 13th Amendment (US Constitution) 1865
February 1: Lunch Counter Sit-Ins 1960
February 12: Founding of the NAACP 1909
*February 14: Frederick Douglass Birthday 1817
March 21: From Selma to Montgomery March 1965
*April 4: Maya Angelou Birthday 1928
*April 5: Booker T. Washington Birthday 1856
May 4: Freedom Riders 1961
May 17: Brown vs. Board of Education 1954
*May 19: Malcolm X Birthday 1925
*June 11: Charlotte Hawkins Brown Birthday 1883
*June 11: Simon Green Atkins Birthday 1863
June 19: Juneteenth Celebration 1865
July 2: Civil Rights Act 1964
*July 16: Ida B. Wells Birthday 1862
July 26: Executive Order 9981 1948
August 1-31: The Second Black History Month
August 6: Voting Rights Act 1965
August 20: First Slaves Arrive at Jamestown, VA 1619
August 28: March on Washington 1963
September 4: Little Rock Nine 1957
September 22: Emancipation Proclamation 1862
October 16: Million Man March 1995
*October 28: Levi Coffin Birthday 1798
November 1: Negro Digest Magazine Collection 1942
Ebony Magazine Collection 1945
Jet Magazine Collection 1951
December 1: Montgomery Bus Boycott 1955
*December 19: Dr. Carter G. Woodson Birthday 1875
December 26 – January 1: Kwanzaa Celebration