The Pea Island Preservation Society is hosting a special program next month to receive feedback and collect more stories about the Pea Island Lifesaving Service station.
culture and history
National Park Service looks to protect Fort Raleigh shoreline
Recognized as the last known location of “the Lost Colony,” officials are considering three different options to stabilize about a mile of shoreline at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site.
Fort Fisher to mark 160th anniversary of US forces’ capture
Daylong living history demonstrations and programs are planned for Jan. 18 at the state historic site, which during the Civil War was crucial in the Confederacy’s defense of the Wilmington port.
Darrell Collins remembered for giving life to Wrights’ story
“He found a way to blend science and history and art to paint a picture that resonated with everybody that entered this building,” Scott Babinowich with the National Park Service Outer Banks Group said Saturday.
NC’s first pardon to be commemorated with marker
A highway historical marker commemorating a failed upraising against the state in 1777 and the resulting pardon by the governor of its leader will be dedicated during a ceremony Jan. 15 in Tarboro.
Guest lecturer to explore coastal Indigenous communities
Historian and North Carolina Central University College of Liberal Arts Dean Dr. Arwin D. Smallwood is set to deliver a lecture in Morehead City Saturday exploring the history, culture and resilience of coastal Indigenous communities in Coastal Carolina Riverwatch’s speaker series.
Incoming environmental chief Reid Wilson revisits his roots
Former Department of Natural and Cultural Resources Secretary Reid Wilson sees important opportunities and challenges in terms of public health and environmental protection in his new role as Department of Environmental Quality secretary in the Stein administration.
More than $1 million awarded in Dare County tourism grants
The Dare County Tourism Board has awarded a dozen local nonprofits and government entities $1.16 million for tourism enhancement projects.
Plymouth Civil War Massacre marker dedication Dec. 13
The Plymouth Civil War Massacre is being recognized with a highway historical marker that will be dedicated at 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 13, at the intersection of U.S. 64 and Rankin Lane in Plymouth.
Performance to celebrate late jazz drummer Max Roach
“An Evening of Jazz: Celebrating Max Roach,” set for 6 p.m. Friday, Jan. 17, in Elizabeth City honors the jazz drummer and Pasquotank County native a week after what would have been his 100th birthday.
Cape Fear museum to host American Revolution exhibit
On display from Dec. 11-29, “The American Revolution Experience” includes display panels and interactive digital kiosks that rely on “storytelling, illustration, technology and primary accounts to connect modern audiences with the people and places that shaped the birth of our nation,” organizers said.
Dan Spinella replicates Hatteras lens parts piece by piece
The owner of Artworks Florida Classic Fresnel Lenses has been busy reproducing the 1,008 prisms and hundreds of other mechanisms and components as part of the project to restore the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse.
The Down East way: Harkers Island to celebrate waterfowl
This weekend, Carteret County’s historic traditions — and food — take the spotlight with the three-day Waterfowl Weekend, including the 36th annual Core Sound Decoy Festival.
Witch hazel: Useful native species adds pop of winter color
If you’ve ever been in the woods this time of year and noticed a sweet fragrance but couldn’t pinpoint it, you’re not having olfactory hallucinations — this aromatic wonder grows right here in North Carolina.
PBS NC to air interviews on US Life-Saving Service history
Two examples of U.S. Life-Saving Service history on the North Carolina coast, the Pea Island Cookhouse Museum and the Chicamacomico Historic Site, are set to be showcased on North Carolina public television this month.
Ocracoke a beacon of maritime history, quiet attraction
Accessible only by water or small aircraft, the barrier island and its villagers see the population swell each summer as visitors flock to its history, restaurants, nature and beaches.
