• HEARTS Irish Connections '25: Jane's Famous Ride

    HEARTS Irish Connections '25: Jane's Famous Ride

    Saturday, March 22nd, 2025 from 2:00pm-5:00pm at historic Cedar Grove

    The hope for liberty pushed Jane Parks McDowell, a young mother and patriot with Scots-Irish roots, to make a perilous ride to help the Continental Army. Join us for an afternoon of history, nature, and art as historian Hugh Dussek returns along with Irish music and dance to share Jane’s heroic role in the Revolutionary War.

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  • HEARTS May Day '25

    HEARTS May Day '25

    Saturday, May 3rd, 2025 from 2:00pm-5:00pma at the historic Hugh Torance House and Store and historic Cedar Grove

    Honoring the history of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence with living history demonstrations, live music, a community Maypole dance, fresh flowers and local artisan gifts.

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  • HEARTS Let Freedom Spring

    HEARTS Let Freedom Spring

    Saturday, May 24th, 2025 from 2:00pm-5:00pm at Pioneer Springs Community School

    On land once part of Alexandriana, the massive plantation estate of John McKnitt Alexander, learn about the group of Princeton scholars who met at Freedom Spring to concoct a plan for freedom from British Rule, which prompted the creation of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence.

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  • HEARTS Junion '25: Revolutionary Descent

    HEARTS Junion '25: Revolutionary Descent

    Saturday, June 16th, 2025 at historic Cedar Grove

    The 4th anniversary of Junion features Co-Chair of HEARTS Reunion Project and SAR (Sons of the American Revolution) member Andre’ Kearns sharing his journey of discovering his Revolutionary War roots through Henry Johnston of Long Creek.

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  • HEARTSongs '25: Poetry of Freedom

    HEARTSongs '24: Poetry of Freedom

    Saturday, February 22nd, 2025 from 2:00pm-5:00pm at historic Cedar Grove

    Sharing poems from the Revolutionary period through the 21st period, in keeping with tradition, the fourth annual HEARTSongs includes the life and work of 19th century enslaved poet George Moses Horton and his fascinating connection to the Torrance family of Huntersville.

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  • HEARTS Spring Community Service Day '25

    HEARTS Spring Community Service Day '25

    Sunday, March 9th, 2025 from 10:00am-12:00pm at the Hugh Torance House & Store

    Attention volunteers! Grab your gardening gloves, spades, and trimmers and join us on February 9th for Community Service Day at the Hugh Torance House and Store! All ages of adults and students as well as individuals and groups are welcome!

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Regional Events Calendar

Regional Events Listing

Please be advised: HEARTS is not host or the organizer of all events listed on our Regional Events Calendar. Please contact the organization listed as the event host, organizer, or source linked for a each specific event for questions, reservations, ticketing, or other event-specific inquiries. The views expressed at events listed here are those of the events’ host or organizer and do not necessarily reflect the views of HEARTS.

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HEARTS Happening: May Day
May
3
History, Family Friendly, Performance Arts, Visual Arts

HEARTS Happening: May Day

  • Historic Hugh Torance House and Store & Historic Cedar Grove (map)
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A thrilling outdoor event featuring the important stories that lead up to the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence on May 20th, 1775 as well as live cooking, blacksmithing, spinning, basket weaving and other demonstrations, plus a HEARTS Eco Minutes Update, and fresh flowers from Blackberry Ridge Farm. Join in on HEARTS’ annual community Maypole dance, enjoy live music performances, and shop a curated selection of 18th century mercantile goods on the historic grounds of Cedar Grove and the Hugh Torance House and Store.

This event is free and open to the public, and event registration is highly encouraged!

Parking will be limited. Event guests are requested to park either at the Torrance Creek Greenway parking lot across the street from Cedar Grove (located at
8200 Gilead Rd, Huntersville, NC 28078) or in the Lake Forrest Church parking lot (located at 8519 Gilead Rd, Huntersville, NC 28078).

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HEARTS Happening: Let Freedom Spring
May
24
History, Family Friendly, Live Music, Performance Arts, Visual Arts

HEARTS Happening: Let Freedom Spring

Join us for a very special HEARTS Happening event featuring historians and authors Scott Syfert and David Fleming on land that was once part of Alexandriana, the massive plantation estate of John McKnitt Alexander. Presented at Pioneer Springs Community School, the program features the historic Freedom Spring, where a colonial group of Princeton scholars met to discuss freedom from British Rule which prompted the creation of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence on May 20, 1775.

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