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May 19, 2026

Pleasant Plains Schoolhouse in National Touring Exhibit

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"A Better Life for Our Children"

May 1, 2026

Our 3rd Marker for a Rosenwald School

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School is still serving its Community for over 100 years.

Mar 29, 2026

Brown Hall Turns 100 with a new Marker and Plaque.

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A Centennial of service, doubly honored

Mar 27, 2026

Brown Hall Turns 100 with a new Marker and Plaque.

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A Centennial of service, doubly honored

Mar 11, 2026

Winton Triangle Tour for Hertford County Teachers

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NC History Center for the Civil War and Reconstruction partnership

Sep 3, 2025

Three Historical Markers for Pleasant Plains Church and School

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An unusual three-marker unveiling for events of the 1860s.

Jun 26, 2025

Atlantic District Fair gets its Marker.

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Founded in 1920, the Fair has long served the Winton Triangle area.

Feb 27, 2025

CDG discussion with Pomeroy Foundation

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Rejected historical marker nominations may have a new avenue.

Feb 18, 2025

Chowan Discovery Progress Report for 2024

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Exhibit Showings, Juneteenth lectures, another marker,

Dec 2, 2024

Chowanoke Lecture at the City of Raleigh Museum

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A story of a Family's Five Centuries

Nov 18, 2024

Hobson R. Reynolds Civil Rights Marker unveiled in Winton.

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Winton native Reynolds was an untiring advocate for Civil Rights.

Jul 19, 2024

Melungeons Host the Exhibit

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Jul 19, 2024

Three Juneteenth messages given by Chowan Discovery.

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May 30, 2024

Museum Staff takes Winton Triangle Tour

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May 8, 2024

Progress Report 2023

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The Exhibit, Videos, Auditorium Column replacement, Lectures and more.

Apr 10, 2024

Exhibit's 7 Week Run at PHOTOWORKS

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First showing outside of Hertford County and North Carolina.

Mar 26, 2024

Chowan Discovery in San Antonio

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Four CDG lectures for St. Mary's University

Nov 21, 2023

Past Forward Conference Attendance

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Learning more about historic preservation

Nov 1, 2023

Winton Triangle Exhibit at New Ahoskie

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The Church is Featured in the Exhibit.

Oct 15, 2023

New CDG-produced Video tells the history of the Winton Triangle's Greatest Institution

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C.S. Brown School and Auditorium's story

ABOUT US

The mission of the Chowan Discovery Group is to research, document, preserve and present the history of the Winton Triangle, a 280-year-old landowning community of people of color.

 

In carrying out the mission of the CDG, we endeavor to enrich the Roanoke-Chowan area. The Chowan Discovery Group is a 501 (c) 3 tax-exempt charitable organization.

CONTACT

202.236.2030

5203 14th Street NW

Washington DC 20011-6929

marvin@chowandiscovery.org

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