Carolina Colours

Popular speaker Joe Mobley returns to New Bern to introduce his new book Colonial North Carolina, a look at the earliest days of the Old North State. Mobley will share his account of the first permanent European settlement of the province of Carolina; exploring the Carolina Charter which granted the region to the Lords Proprietors, […]

The New Bern Cup is an annual invitational stroke play competition between teams from the 6 New Bern golf clubs: Carolina Colours Golf Club, Emerald Golf Club, Harbor Pointe Golf Club, New Bern Country Club, River Bend Golf & Country Club, Taberna Golf Club. Each participating club will field a team of 12 players (8 […]

Tee It Up Fore History! Enjoy a great day of golf and a fab dinner while supporting the New Bern Historical Society. Cost $90 individual / $360 team. Includes green fees, cart, unlimited range balls, terrific prizes, and a lavish post-golf dinner at Carolina Colours Pavilion. Extra non-golfer dinner seats available for $30. Registration opens […]

Did Black soldiers fight at the Battle of New Bern on March 14, 1862?  How could they if the formation of the US Colored Troops did not take place until 1863?  Though scant documentation exists, Historian Claudia Houston has followed elusive threads of evidence of Blacks who joined Union ranks prior to the formation of […]

January 22 • 2pm Orringer Auditorium •800 College Ct. January 23 • 11:30am Carolina Colours Pavilion • 3300 Waterscape Way Join the New Bern Historical Society as popular speaker and local historian Eddie Ellis pulls back the curtain to share intriguing stories of behind-the-scenes nefarious activities in Civil War New Bern. You’ll meet all sorts […]

The word “epidemic” has been on everyone’s mind in recent years. Our lives were changed when masks and social distancing became mandatory, stay at home orders were issued across the country, and millions of lives were lost to COVID-19. But this isn’t the first time we’ve faced a global pandemic. Join the New Bern Historical […]

You’ve probably heard about it. Want to learn about what might have happened to that missing Confederate gold? Or who else could have been involved in the assassination of President Lincoln? Author Betty Vaughn will discuss The Mystery of Sarah Slater at the New Bern Historical Society Lunch & Learn on September 14th.  The Mystery […]

When the PBS folks want somebody with the knowledge of not only the history of New Bern, but also the stories of the people, who do they call?  Native New Bernian, Nelson McDaniel, of course!  Naturally, the New Bern Historical Society also turns to Nelson who will present Voices in the Cause of Freedom, in […]

Cost: $60 per player/$240 per team (limit 72 per contest) Includes: Greens Fees, Cart, Range Balls, BBQ Dinner & Goodie Bag Deadline to sign up: March 7th, 2022 Check-in: 7:30 am with shotgun start at 8:30am & 12:30pm with shotgun start at 1:30pm. Choose best timeslot for your group or simply double your player fee […]

New Bern Historical Society’s February 16th Lunch & Learn program brings a collection of fascinating stories, recently re-discovered. Through the years, New Bern’s Black residents have answered America’s call to arms and served honorably in every conflict. Many of those veterans are buried in historic Greenwood Cemetery.  What began as a project by the American […]