The Alliance for Historic Hillsborough

03/16/2026

Due to the inclement weather, expected to hit our area this afternoon, the Hillsborough Visitor Center will be closing early today, March 16th. We will close at noon and will reopen tomorrow morning.

For updates from the town regarding the storm, visit the town of Hillsborough’s website or sign up for OC Alerts.

03/13/2026

Join us in caring for one of Hillsborough’s waterways during creek week 🍃

Volunteer with the Hillsborough Tree Board to help remove invasive plants along Stillhouse Creek, beside the Hillsborough visitor center. No experience is needed and supplies will be provided.

🗓️ Sunday, March 22
⏰ 2-4 pm
📍Hillsborough Visitor Center, 150 E king st

Come lend a hand and help keep our local waterways healthy! 💧

03/11/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Burns Night Scottish Dinner! It was a wonderful weekend celebrating the life and poetry of Robert Burns with great food, music, and community. We are so grateful to everyone who came out and made both evenings such special celebrations.

If you enjoyed the Scottish music, food, and whiskey, mark your calendars🗓️ Outlandish Hillsborough Scottish Festival returns on September 26. You can find updates and announcements on our website, linked in our bio 🔗

02/19/2026

Only a few tickets left 🎟️

There’s still time to join us at our Indigenous Beading Class with .memories this Saturday (February 21) and our Burns Night Scottish Dinner in a few Sundays (March 18).

Don’t miss these special experiences. Grab your tickets before they sell out!

02/13/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the Telling the Full Story program at Piney Grove Missionary Baptist Church. We are deeply grateful to the congregation for welcoming us into such a historic and sacred pace, and to all who came ready to listen, learn, and engage in thoughtful conversation.

We are honored to continue this work together; telling the full story, preserving local Black and Indigenous history, and building connections across our community.

If you are interested in learning more about Telling the Full Story or interested in donating, visit the link in our bio 🔗

01/22/2026

Please join us on Saturday, February 28th at 2pm for a discussion with Dr. Craig Thompson Friend, the author of Becoming Lunsford Lane: The Lives of an American Aeneas. This talk is hosted by Eagle Lodge No. 19 and supported by the Alliance for Historic Hillsborough. Eagle Lodge no 19. is located at 142 W King Street in Hillsborough, NC. This talk is free and open to the public.

This talk explores the remarkable life of Lunsford Lane, an enslaved man who purchased his freedom, became a well-known speaker and abolitionist, and challenged the limits of citizenship and race in nineteenth-century North Carolina. Drawing from his groundbreaking biography, Dr. Friend examines Lane’s rise to fame, his collaborations with leading abolitionists, and the resistance and violence he faced, offering a powerful portrait of a man navigating freedom, identity, and survival in a deeply divided America. Copies of Becoming Lunsford Lane will be available for purchase.

01/08/2026

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12/17/2025

Because we knew you, we have been changed for good.

Goodbye rainbow heart pig, you will be sorely missed. Gone but never forgotten 🕊️

11/12/2025

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who was able to come to our sold-out Field Trip Crawl! We had so much fun with you all!

Stay tuned for more field trip crawls in the future!

10/21/2025

Thank you to , our vendors, and all attendees for making The Haunting Hour a success! We had hauntingly good time and hope you did as well! We can’t wait to see you all back next year.