Photo: Courtesy N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources
Fort Fisher State Historic Site has scheduled a daylong living history event for Saturday to commemorate the 80th anniversary of World War II ending.
The program begins at 9 a.m. Saturday with a military vehicle convoy that will travel from Fort Fisher to Kure Beach and back. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., there will be living history displays with military and civilian reenactors on the green between the visitor center and earthworks, a period field kitchen, and numerous historic military vehicles.
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A full event schedule is available on Fort Fisher State Historic Site’s website and social media. Parking is available at the visitor center.
Situated near the Cape Fear River, the site was a Confederate fort that defended the Wilmington port during the American Civil War. During World War II, antiaircraft artillery soldiers trained at the site on various weaponry starting in October 1941 to prepare for deployment. Between the post’s opening and its closing in 1944, more than 40 battalions trained at Fort Fisher, according to North Carolina Historic Sites, under the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
