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Colonial Market
Throughout the lawn surrounding the Historic Orange County Courthouse, vendors, community groups, museums and historic sites, and costumes reenactors will be set up to create a Colonial market.
Vendors and Sutlers will be selling colonial and artisanal goods.
Community Groups, including partner organizations, will have booths with information about their organizations. Participating organizations include:
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Daughters of the American Revolution
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Eagle Lodge #19 AF&AM
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Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation​
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Preservation Hillsborough
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Spirit Freedom
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Sons of the American Revolution - General Francis Nash Chapter
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UNC Research Labs of Archaeology
Museums and Historic Sites from across the state who interpret and present Colonial history will have booths with information about their sites. Participating sites include:
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Alamance Battleground State Historic Site
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Burgwin-Wright House and Gardens
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Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
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Historic Bethabara Park
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House in the Horseshoe State Historic Site
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Joel Lane Museum House
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Moorefields
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Moores Creek National Battlefield
Costumed Reenactors will set up camp and provide a glimpse into civilian and military life at the time of the Third Provincial Congress. First person interpreters will portray significant individuals from the period, such as John Penn, signer of the Declaration of Independence for North Carolina.
The Daughters of the American Revolution will provide Colonial themed children's games and crafts.
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