The United States is fast approaching significant anniversaries of state and national events from the
Revolutionary War period. North Carolina will observe this anniversary with wide-ranging activities across a multi-year commemoration beginning April 2024 through to 2026.
JOIN US AS WE PAY TRIBUTE TO BERTIE’S FORGOTTEN BLACK AND NATIVE
PATRIOTS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR OCTOBER 3 – 4, 2025
Experience A Revolutionary War Encampment and Visit With Soldiers
Listen to Two Indoor History Presentations
Live Weapons Demonstration
Fife and Drum Corps
Local Food Trucks On-Site
Sponsored By in Partnership with INDIAN WOODS HISTORICAL PRESERVATION SOCIETY
Bertie’s Forgotten Black and Native Patriots of the Revolutionary War.
Resting on the banks of the Roanoke River, the residents of the Indian Woods’ tight-knit
community in Bertie County, North Carolina lay claim to a rich history imparted by their
African American, European, and Indigenous forebears. The original inhabitants of the land,
the early Tuscarora Nation, settled the area some 2,000 to 5,000 years ago, and came to
encompass all the tidewater region of the coastal plains of North Carolina and Virginia.
Relying primarily on small-scale farming to support themselves, Indian Woods residents
established churches, stores, and community centers while drawing from inherited
indigenous customs to strengthen their community. “Self-Sufficiency,” along with “hard
work” and “community,” became rallying values for Indian Woods’, values that still hold as
much purchase today as they did two and a half centuries ago.
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Become a corporate sponsor of our specific programs and projects. You
will receive recognition in press materials, on the official website and in
advertisements. We will place your logo on printed materials and
onsite at our outdoor events.
You can contact us at:
Ronald Rascoe
252-799-8993
donate@bluejayrec.com