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"A Celebration of the Third Provincial Congress" will feature a variety of events and activities for all ages. Click below to learn more about each of the events.

Schedule Overview​

10 AM 

  • Colonial Market Opens - Historic Courthouse Lawn

  • Congress Dramatization - Historic Courthouse

  • “First in Freedom: North Carolina’s Third Provincial Congress and American Independence” - Orange County Public Library​

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11 AM

  • Congress Dramatization - Historic Courthouse

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11:30 AM

  • "The Experiences of Marginalized Communities: how they would have Internalized the Ideas and Issues of the Time and how they would have Interacted with the Delegates at the Congress,” a panel discussion - Orange County Public Library

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12 PM

  • Congress Dramatization - Historic Courthouse

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1 PM

  • Winners of the North Carolina Sons of the American Revolution Oratory Contest - Orange County Public Library

  • Congress Dramatization - Historic Courthouse​

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2 PM 

  • “Winning the Backcountry: the Role of the Third Provincial Congress in Persuading People who had been Involved in the Regulator Movement” - Orange County Public Library

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2:30 PM

  • Congress Dramatization - Historic Courthouse

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3:30 PM​​

  • "The Congress and its Legacy"  - Orange County Public Library

  • Congress Dramatization - Historic Courthouse​​​

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4:30 PM

  • Congress Dramatization - Historic Courthouse

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5 PM

  • “Freemasonry and the Ideals of the American Revolution,” with Alfred Serff . This talk includes a tour of the lodge and will be held at 142 W. King Street.

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5:30 PM

  • Congress Dramatization - Historic Courthouse

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6 PM

  • Colonial Market Closes - Historic Courthouse Lawn

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