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Since 1953, the Tar Heel Junior Historian Association has been inspiring North Carolina’s young people to study local and state history—and to become a part of it. Students in grades four through twelve can form a THJHA club, as long as it includes one adult supervisor. Membership in the association is FREE!
What Is the Tar Heel Junior Historian Association?
Imagine being part of a group that helped raise awareness and funding to restore the historic carousel at Raleigh’s Pullen Park. Or picture yourself in a group that discovered and documented a forgotten cemetery in New Bern. What if your research and activism resulted in the U.S. Coast Guard’s awarding a posthumous medal to the all–African American crew of the Pea Island Life-Saving Station 100 years after a heroic rescue?
These projects were accomplished by students in North Carolina. They represent just a fraction of the work that has been done by Tar Heel Junior Historian Association (THJHA) clubs across the state since 1953.
Authorized by the North Carolina General Assembly in 1953, THJHA is sponsored by the North Carolina Museum of History, part of the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources. The purpose of the association is to encourage North Carolina students in the study of their local communities’ and the state’s histories. Junior historian clubs involve students in grades 4–12. Each club must have at least one adult adviser. Membership is FREE!
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