This July 4, celebrate Independence Day with PBS NC! Spend your day exploring a variety of enjoyable activities and tasty eateries featured on NC Weekend. Cook up delicious, festive meals with Sheri Castle on The Key Ingredient. Finally, cap off your evening with music and fireworks on A Capitol Fourth, hosted by Alfonso Ribeiro and featuring performances by Fantasia, Smokey Robinson, Darren Criss, Sheila E., the National Symphony Orchestra and more.
Explore 4th of July festivities with films and specials that highlight Independence Day and our nation’s history on PBS NC and the PBS App.
Hosted by Alfonso Ribeiro, A Capitol Fourth presents our country’s annual birthday bash live from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol. Enjoy star-spangled performances by pop, R&B, jazz, classical and Broadway artists, plus a tribute to our service members and military families. Also, experience the greatest display of fireworks our nation has ever seen.
Watch A Capitol Fourth, Thursday, 7/4, 8 PM and 9:30 PM on PBS NC and the PBS App.
Deborah Holt Noel shares the best things to see and do across the state, giving you a full 4th of July agenda. A place to feast, celebrate or unwind, North Carolina Weekend brings our state’s must-see places and events right into your home this Independence Day.
Watch North Carolina Weekend, Thursdays, 9 PM, on PBS NC and the PBS App.
Enjoy a fun-filled trip to Ocracoke and other destinations around the state.
Join food writer Sheri Castle as she traces fresh, local ingredients from source to kitchen and shares approachable recipes. Follow along to find show-stopping dishes perfect for your 4th of July celebration.
Watch The Key Ingredient with Sheri Castle, streaming now on the PBS App. Season 3 premieres this fall.
Sheri makes her fabulous cornbread recipe with cornmeal from her family mill.
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Eight North Carolinians come together to discuss immigration, bringing refugees into the United States and what word in the Declaration of Independence means the most.
Watch The NC Listening Project, Thursdays, 7 PM, on PBS NC and streaming now on the PBS App.
After the American Revolution, the new United States of America needed to form a permanent government of its own. Why did the Articles of Confederation fail and how did the U.S. Constitution come to be?
Watch History in a Nutshell, streaming now on the PBS App.
The S.C. centric holiday known as "Carolina Day" commemorates the victorious Battle of Sullivan's Island during the American Revolutionary War. On June 28, 1776, a small band of Patriots stationed at the palmetto log fort miraculously fended off a massive British fleet.
Watch History in a Nutshell, streaming now on the PBS App.
Ken Burns’ two-part, four-hour documentary Benjamin Franklin explores the revolutionary life of one of the 18th century’s most consequential and compelling personalities.
Watch both episodes of Ken Burns’ Benjamin Franklin, streaming now on the PBS App and Passport.
After success as a Philadelphia printer Benjamin Franklin earns worldwide fame in science.
What does freedom mean to those outside the halls of power — and what did it mean during the American Revolution? Host Ed Ayers visits sites in Boston and Philadelphia to put that question to curators, museum educators, a playwright and a tribal preservation officer. He learns about the ways in which women, Native Americans and African Americans made the words of the Revolution come true in their own lives.
Watch The Future of America’s Past, streaming now on the PBS App.
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