How historic markers are approved in North Carolina
North Carolina highway historical markers can be seen all across the state – and these markers can make a big difference when it comes to which NC stories, historical moments, and people are memorialized and commemorated. Leoneda Inge talks to Ansley Herring Wegner of the NC Office of Archives and History about how markers are approved and what it takes to get a marker erected and noticed by the public.
Ansley Herring Wegner, Supervisor, Historical Research and Publications, North Carolina Office of Archives and History

A Raleigh post office is renamed in honor of Millie Dunn Veasey, a NC-born "Six Triple Eight" member
In January 2025, President Joe Biden signed a bill into law, re-naming a Raleigh Post Office on Brentwood Road as Millie Dunn Veasey Post Office. Born in Raleigh in 1918, Veasey was a member of the Women’s Army Corps (WAC) and the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC) from 1942-1945.
Dr. Alyshia Smith, CEO of the Durham V-A Health Care System
Yves-Marie Applewhite, Assistant Director for Experience for the Durham V-A Health Care System

A new one-man show celebrates NC's Black veterans
Dr. Sonny Kelly’s one-man show, The Ongoing Fight for Freedom: Stories of NC Black Veterans, is his most recent effort to preserve, and popularize, the history of Black North Carolinians.
Sonny Kelly, Phd., actor and instructor of Communication at Fayetteville Technical Community College