North Carolina will commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Halifax Resolves with Prelude to Revolution: Halifax Resolves Days.

The three-day event will feature living history vignettes, lectures, live colonial music and Tryon Palace Fife and Drum Corps performances, historic trades and weapons demonstrations, a military parade, tours, and more. 

The event will also officially open Historic Halifax State Historic Site’s recently renovated visitor center to the public, unveiling a modern facility and a new exhibit detailing Halifax’s significant role in the state’s history. 

The event will take place throughout the historic area of the town of Halifax on the weekend of April 10-12, with activities offered from 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. each day. 

Halifax Resolves Days is a signature event for DNCR’s America 250 NC initiative to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence and celebrate North Carolina’s role in the American Revolution. 

Key weekend events include:

Ceremony at Magazine Spring, led by the Haliwa-Saponi Indian Tribe

Watch a living history vignette of the Provincial delegates debating independence

Food trucks, vendors, exhibits, tours and themed photo booths

Annual Halifax Resolves Day Ceremony at the colonial courthouse site

Entertainment on King Street with live music and drone show at dark, sponsored by the town of Halifax

In the spring of 1776, delegates from across North Carolina met in Halifax to take part in the Fourth Provincial Congress, the forerunner to the modern legislature. On April 12, 1776, the 83 delegates of the Provincial Congress unanimously ratified the Halifax Resolves. It was the first official act by any of the 13 colonies calling for independence from Great Britain. This first formal call for American sovereignty is acknowledged as an important precursor to the Declaration of Independence, adopted on July 4, 1776.