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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Hear CHA Board President Larry Grubbs

2022-01-21T16:44:14-05:00January 21st, 2022|Categories: News Release|

Hear CHA Board President Larry Grubbs narrate NBCLX's Greg Bledsoe's piece on the Graveyard of the Atlantic. This undertaking was part of Greg's Family Geography Project. The ‘Graveyard of the Atlantic' Is Still Wrecking Boats Off the Outer Banks of NC READ MORE...

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Admission was a donation to the Elvin Hooper Scholarship Fund

2021-12-06T14:04:53-05:00December 6th, 2021|Categories: News Release|

The day after Thanksgiving is the day that we close the Life-Saving Station for the winter as well as well as day that Santa visits the station. This years’ price of admission was a donation to the Elvin Hooper Scholarship Fund. Elvin was a true Hatteras Island Treasure who, among other accomplishments, was a loving husband [...]

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USCG Chief’s Indoctrination

2021-11-15T10:34:10-05:00November 15th, 2021|Categories: News Release|

November 2021 Chicamacomico was honored to host two groups of US Coast Guards’ finest who recently were or soon will be promoted to the rank of Chief Petty Officer (E7). Those undergoing the indoctrination were from First Flight Chief’s Mess (Elizabeth City, NC) and Chesapeake Chief’s Mess (VA) and they were here to practice leadership, [...]

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The Beach Apparatus of the US Lifesaving Service and Early USCG

2019-11-19T10:26:42-05:00May 13th, 2019|Categories: History, News Release|

The mechanics of The Beach Apparatus of the United States Lifesaving Service and early United States Coast Guard by Larry Grubbs - Station Keeper, Chicamacomico Lifesaving Station The Lyle Gun is fired during a Beach Apparatus Drill at Chicamacomico Lifesaving Station. See the shot line leading from the faking box at right to the shot, [...]

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Chicamacomico Wins the Prize

2019-02-27T03:34:21-05:00February 25th, 2019|Categories: News Release|

Dinah Beveridge - Site Manager, Mary Ann Cohen - Board Member, Ralph Buxton - Past Treasurer, Larry Grubbs - President, John Griffin - Past President Each Year the Outer Banks Community Foundation sponsors a Video Contest with the general theme of “How the Community Foundation has helped us”. Using source material from a variety [...]

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Property Adjacent to the 1911 Station

2018-12-21T17:23:43-05:00December 12th, 2018|Categories: News Release|

Funded in large part by the Dare County Tourism Board, Chicamacomico was able to purchase the property adjacent to the 1911 Station so as to insure that it remain undeveloped unless and until our organization can determine a use consistent with our mission (to preserve this site and the stories of the men who served in [...]

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Oath of Office

2018-12-21T14:41:51-05:00December 12th, 2018|Categories: Alerts, History, News Release, Uncategorized|

Today Chicamacomico was quite thrilled to host Michael Maloney who was administered the Oath of Office by Sean Maloney, his Dad. Michael enlisted in the USCG under the Direct Admission Law Specialty Program and will “ship out” to Washington DC after the holidays. A graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill Law School Michael elected to serve his country [...]

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IFP: Time Travelling in Rodanthe

2018-12-21T17:23:43-05:00July 23rd, 2018|Categories: News Release|

Discovering Hatteras Island’s Own Outdoor Drama The Local online news outlet here in Hatteras Island, the Island Free Press (IFP) wrote a wonderful article on the Chicamacomico LSS and the Drama and history it has to offer. Take a Look at "Time Travelling in Rodanthe – Discovering Hatteras Island’s Own Outdoor Drama"

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