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Local volunteers put Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station on the national map with a historic rescue reenactment in Maine

2023-09-26T12:37:37-04:00September 26th, 2023|Categories: News Release|

The Chicamacomico Team at the Wood Island Life-Saving Station in Maine. Photo from John Griffin. Volunteers are listed below. A team of local volunteers who perform the weekly Beach Apparatus Drill reenactment at the Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station in Rodanthe gave a special performance 700 miles away from home at the annual U.S. Life-Saving Service [...]

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Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station volunteers are taking their show on the road

2023-09-22T12:04:51-04:00September 22nd, 2023|Categories: News Release|

  The Beach Apparatus Drill reenactment team. Photo by Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station Historic Site. The volunteers who perform the weekly Beach Apparatus Drill reenactment at the Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station Historic Site in Rodanthe are taking their impressive outdoor show on the road. Larry Grubbs works to load the 1,000-pound beach cart into a [...]

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“The Jewel of the Week”

2023-06-22T14:15:35-04:00June 22nd, 2023|Categories: History|

Cadet is rescued Those were the words used by Master Chief Lyn Dupree, (USCG ret.) to describe the last day of the Coast Guard’s Jr. ROTC Leadership Academy held June 12 – 16 at Base Elizabeth City. 70 Cadets, (high school students), from Delaware, Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina had spent the week [...]

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Rodanthe’s own Outdoor Drama Returns for the 2023 Summer Season

2023-06-12T22:16:48-04:00June 12th, 2023|Categories: History|

Volunteers take visitors back in time to the Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station’s heyday during the Beach Apparatus Drill. Photo by Don Bowers The Lost Colony in Manteo may be the best-known live entertainment option on the Outer Banks, but Hatteras Island has its own historic outdoor drama that has been a weekly event for decades, and which [...]

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First-ever Shuck Hatteras Festival will be held December 16-17

2022-11-26T00:38:23-05:00November 26th, 2022|Categories: Alerts|

The first-ever Shuck Hatteras Festival is coming to the Tri-villages on December 16-17, and the event is a shellabration of community, music, and of course, oysters. The festivities kick off on Friday, December 16, at the Cape Hatteras/Outer Banks KOA Resort with live music by renowned local band The Yacht Dogs, and local delicacies by Cousin’s [...]

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Chicamacomico Nominated for Best Tourist Attraction

2022-11-10T14:59:52-05:00November 8th, 2022|Categories: Alerts|

Chicamacomico Station built in 1911 Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station and Museum is pleased to be nominated for Best Tourist Attraction in the Coastland Times Annual “Best of” Contest. You can vote for us (We hope you do!) at the Coastland Times and scroll to “Tourist Attraction” under the Activities tab. The contest will close on [...]

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A Special Rescue Re-enactment

2022-11-01T08:13:55-04:00November 1st, 2022|Categories: History|

Sailor gets rescued Chicamacomico Lifesaving Station Museum is the most completely restored Lifesaving Station in the United States. It is committed to preserving the buildings and the stories of the men who served here and in other stations along the coast of Hatteras Island, Dare County, and North Carolina. The descendants of the surfmen [...]

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Coast Guard History Visit

2022-10-14T15:55:25-04:00October 14th, 2022|Categories: News Release|

Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station and Museum First Flight Chiefs Drill Team Chesapeake Regional Chiefs Drill Team A lifesaving re-enactment drill that is not on a Thursday at 2pm? Yes, kind of.  More like a sand flying, rope towing, gun shooting battle royal of North vs. South that went down October 7th at the [...]

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