Friends of President Polk's Birthplace

11/28/2023

Today is Giving Tuesday!

Our non-profit support group, Friends of President Polk's Birthplace, Inc., helps the site achieve educational and volunteer needs. Their work makes it so that field trips and tours are engaging, relevant and meaningful. They also make it possible for us to host local historians who talk about the history of enslavement, food, textiles in the Carolina backcountry.

Please consider supporting them today as you donate to groups and institutions that make a difference.

https://polkmemorialsupportfundinc.wildapricot.org/Donate

09/07/2022

We have new mugs on sale in our gift shop! ☕️

Just in time for the fall season, check out these black and orange mugs that are great for sipping cider, cocoa, and hot tea.

All proceeds from these mugs go to the Friends of President Polk's Birthplace who provide support for educational programs and events at the President James K. Polk State Historic Site.

08/05/2022

Volunteers needed!

Saturday, August 20: Visitor Services/Tours, 9am-1pm

Saturday, August 27: Visitor's Services/Tours, 9am-1 pm and 1pm-5pm

You can signup online through the SignUp Genius page at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C4BAAA82DA4F8CE9-james

10/18/2020

He was at the Presidential Sites and Libraries Conference in Washington, DC in 2018.

Born 14 years after the nation's founding, the tenth commander-in-chief still has one living grandson

05/19/2020

Time is running out to get this limited edition election year T-shirt. Offer ends May 21, so order today and support the

05/08/2020

It's an election year! Vote Polk '44 and support the !

03/20/2020

For our neighbors in Pineville

We can't thank everyone enough for the continued support of our small and young brewery! We will continue to do our best to get everything to you as quickly as we possibly can.

Friday and Saturday between 11:00 am - 9:00 pm, Middle James will be taking orders and offering home delivery of our crowlers and full food menu. We have the delivery service kinks worked out and will be expanding our delivery area and bringing back our staff on a rotating basis to help with deliveries.

Please call the taproom at 704-889-6522 and place your order.

We will deliver to the following zip codes: 28134, 28277, 28210, 28226, 28273, 28217, and 28209 .

Minimum order is 3 crowlers.
The person receiving the beer must be aged 21+ and have a valid and current ID

Same day delivery, we will get it out to you as quickly as we possibly can. There will be a $5 delivery fee added to your order.

3 pack of crowlers: $24
***additional charges apply to these crowlers

Options available:
Fly Kid Kolsch 5%
Made in the Lime Shade 5.1%
Holy Bananas Hefeweizen 5.5%
Wit Wiiiit Beligan Wit 5.6%
First Half Pale Ale 5.3%
Sour Encounters 5.5%
Hour Mark IPA 7%
Highly Dramatic NE IPA V4 6.8%
Highly Dramatic NE IPA V5 6.7%
JamesTown Scotch Ale 7.2%
Dark Obsession**** - Imperial Stout with Raspberries and Vanilla 9%
Car Lava Imperial Porter**** 8.4%

Viva La Pineapple Cider**** 5%
Pomme Pom Cider**** 6.3%
Blackberry El Dorado Hard Ginger**** 5.1%

03/19/2020

The Polk site is closed until further notice.

With the lifting of Governor Cooper’s Stay at Home Order we are looking forward to welcoming you back to our historic site soon. More information to help you plan your next visit will be forthcoming.

Until we reopen, we invite you to visit us online at https://www.jameskpolk.net/ or through social media.

03/11/2020

This event will fill up fast for this history talk featuring Tom Hanchett. Tickets available at

02/17/2020

Shout out from UNC Charlotte!

Pineville has a claim to fame that few other American cities share - it was the birthplace of a future U.S. president. James K. Polk, the country’s 11th president, was born on November 2, 1795 in a log cabin in the part of Mecklenburg County that is now Pineville. He and his family lived there until he was 11 years old, when they moved to Tennessee. Today, the President James K. Polk State Historic Site sits on 21 of the original 150 acres owned by Polk’s father, and includes a number of historic cabins from the early 1800s and a museum/visitor's center.

Polk Historic Site, September 30, 1971. MS0121 Mary Boyer collection of historical postcards and papers, UNC Charlotte.