{"id":118319,"date":"2026-01-22T11:26:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T16:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=118319"},"modified":"2026-01-22T11:26:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T16:26:19","slug":"lunchtime-discovery-nc-freedom-park-liberty-resilience-and-inspiration","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/event\/lunchtime-discovery-nc-freedom-park-liberty-resilience-and-inspiration\/","title":{"rendered":"Lunchtime Discovery:  NC Freedom Park: Liberty, Resilience and Inspiration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-118320\" src=\"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Email-Header_Feb.-11-1024x606.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cLunchtime Discovery Series\u201d banner with the title \u201cBlack History Month: Legacies of People and Place,\u201d above three images showing modern outdoor memorial sculptures and engraved monuments at Freedom Park in Raleigh, NC\" width=\"1024\" height=\"606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Email-Header_Feb.-11-1024x606.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Email-Header_Feb.-11-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Email-Header_Feb.-11-500x296.jpg 500w, https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Email-Header_Feb.-11-768x454.jpg 768w, https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Email-Header_Feb.-11-1536x909.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Email-Header_Feb.-11.jpg 1847w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Join us in-person in the SECU Daily Planet Theater or <a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/live\/4dvBH_w_7t0?feature=share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">watch the livestream on YouTube.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>NC Freedom Park is a tribute to the unyielding spirit of the African American struggle for freedom and speaks to the universal ideals of liberty, resilience and equality. McNair will explore the rich history and thoughtful design intentions behind this remarkable space and the powerful stories of a few of the &#8220;Voices of Freedom&#8221; represented throughout the park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Khadija McNair, Freedom Park Manager, NC African American Heritage Commission, NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Live Presentation hosted by NC Museum of Natural Sciences\u2019 SECU Daily Planet Curator Chris Smith and the NC Department of Environmental Quality Office of Environmental Education and Public Affairs staff. Brought to you by the NC DEQ Office of Environmental Education and Public Affairs and the NC Museum of Natural Sciences.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\"><iframe class=\"embed-responsive-item\" src=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/embed\/4dvBH_w_7t0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join us in-person in the SECU Daily Planet Theater or watch the livestream on YouTube. NC Freedom Park is a tribute to the unyielding spirit of the African American struggle for freedom and speaks to the universal ideals of liberty, resilience and equality. McNair will explore the rich history and thoughtful design intentions behind this&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/event\/lunchtime-discovery-nc-freedom-park-liberty-resilience-and-inspiration\/\">Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[3,13,6,14,7,15,170,8,173],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/118319"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118319"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/118319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118322,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/118319\/revisions\/118322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118319"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=118319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}