Alamance Battleground State Historic Site

It’s a really great place for vacation and it’s very educational. You learn about wars and you see reenactments. There are also staff members dressed up as important people in colonial times, such as: Blacksmith, Whitesmith, Doctor, Soldier etc.
Really great and it’s free also really good for elementary school field trips.
There is also a room where they show you a movie about the war. You also get to hear a soldier fire a real cannon right in front of your eyes!

Headed down I40 towards Winston Salem from Raleigh. saw sign for this historic site. In the area from Minneapolis to golf but temp too cold even for these northerners. Stopped in to visitor center. Lisa our guide extremely knowledgeable and friendly. Short video informative. Markers depicting key facts and details about the historical setting and actual battle as well as a cannon typical of what was used during that period made the short distance off the highway well worth it. Admission free. Books and maps available for purchase for «cheap» although funded by state of NC please be generous with your donations.

A remote place a few miles off the interstate but loaded with history. It isn’t often you find a spot with a history from two wars. Alamance has that distinction: first with the Regulators in 1771; and then again as a stop for Confederate troops in the Civil War, where they learned of Lee’s surrender.
The battleground field itself is lonely. Surrounded by trees and bush, it’s not hard to imagine the troops here. The curious historian in you might want to stop by the nearby Alamance historical society and get the full story. You won’t be sorry. There’s a lot of history in NC, all of it waiting to let you experience it.

In 1771, thousands of angry North Carolina farmers (The Regulators), after years of peaceful petitions and lawsuits protesting corrupt and cruel local government officials, met North Carolina’s Governor Tryon in battle (many of the farmers were unarmed).
When we arrived at this North Carolina Historic Site, we were greeted by Mrs. Cox, an extremely knowledgeable and friendly host. Inside, there are a few artifacts and a short video. Outside, there are markers showing where Governor Tryon’s troops and the Regulators were positioned. They also have moved an old cabin that was owned by Herman Husband’s wife’s brother (an Allen) to the site… it was amazing to go inside this tiny home and we were astonished to learn that 12 (!) people lived in it.
I just can’t say enough good things about this site. If you are passing by, particularly if you are heading over towards Guilford Courthouse, try to stop here for a while to see what has been described by some as the «first battle of the Revolution»