The historically significant site once saw significant river herring and shad fishing, back-breaking work done almost exclusively by enslaved and free Black laborers.
culture and history
Maritime Museum programs include peace vessel visit
One of many March programs scheduled at the N.C. Maritime Museum in Beaufort will be on the Golden Rule, a peace ship with the mission to oppose nuclear weapons war, before the ship docks in town.
Landowners find Black lifesaving hero’s forgotten grave
Retired Coast Guard Cmdr. Gavin Wente and his wife Renee didn’t know when they bought their property last year that it included the unrecorded gravesite of Capt. Lewis Wescott, who participated in one of the most daring ocean rescues in Outer Banks history.
Genealogist to speak on African American cultural heritage
Genealogist and historian Tim Pinnick will help attendees further their family tree research during the hour-long program March 16 at the Pender County Library in Burgaw.
Fort Fisher aquarium to celebrate Black History Month
The first of the aquarium’s Community Day Series, organizers said that the debut event welcomes visitors to explore the cuisine of the Gullah Geechee, find inspiration in the spoken word, and dive into a life-saving history.
Searching for Lawson in London’s Natural History Museum
Historian David Cecelski recounts his visit to the Natural History Museum in London, which holds the specimens of coastal North Carolina flora that John Lawson sent to English naturalist James Petiver in the early 1700s.
‘The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks’ free showing Friday
The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences at Whiteville is offering the screening in recognition of Black History Month.
Taste of Core Sound program returns to Harkers Island
The fundraising event with a family-style dinner, program and auction is Feb. 24 at the Core Sound Waterfowl Museum and Heritage Center.
ECSU Choir marks 90 years of bringing music to the people
The Elizabeth City State University Choir, which performed recently at First Flight High School in Kill Devil Hills, has been sharing its songs with audiences across the region since 1933.
Programs set to mark fall of Fort Anderson anniversary
The 158th anniversary of the fall of Fort Anderson will be commemorated Saturday, Feb. 18, at Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson State Historic Site.
‘Colored Silk: A Mother’s Civil War Odyssey’ set for Feb. 16
The one-woman play based on the life of Lizzie Keckley, a formerly enslaved woman who worked as a seamstress in the Lincoln White House, is in celebration of Black History Month.
Hatteras Village to celebrate waterfowl with festival
The festival set for Feb. 25 is to feature carvers, artists, vendors, education, conservation groups, and demonstrations.
Division, maritime museum to host fisheries history talks
David Bennett, curator of Maritime History for the Maritime Museum system, will give presentations with Division of Marine Fisheries staff on hand.
Carteret County’s history, amenities have long lured
In our county history series: Colonial beginnings, Civil War battles, maritime industry, fishing, tourism and coastal living among Carteret’s numerous draws.
Cape Fear River Ghost Trees: What stories could they speak?
Guest commentary: The Cape Fear River and its historically important and scarce resources are rapidly being lost or adversely altered forever.
Talk on Freedman’s Colony set for Feb. 14
The Dare County Library Adult Speakers Series will feature “Roanoke’s Forgotten Colony: The Freedmen’s Colony of 1863-1867” with Fort Raleigh National Historic Site Ranger Josh Nelson.
