In the fall of 2024, during a strong storm that also resulted in an oceanfront Rodanthe home collapse, Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station (LSS) volunteers noticed that a key piece of equipment for the site’s weekly reenactments was missing. Every summer, local volunteers routinely perform an authentic drill reenactment on the historic site’s grounds, which replicates a real-life [...]
CHEC lends a hand to replace missing Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station Wreck Pole that was washed away during a storm The Cape Hatteras Electric Cooperative (CHEC) came to the rescue of the Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station (LSS) by donating and installing a new wreck pole so that the historic site’s weekly life-saving drill reenactments could return for the 2025 [...]
Read the full article at OBX Today, or view the PDF below: Local residents and visitors celebrate Chicamacomico’s grand 150th anniversary
1874 Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station. Photo by Brad Hanson. The 150th anniversary of the U.S. Life-Saving Service in North Carolina has presented an opportunity for the Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station in Rodanthe to launch a big endeavor that has been in the works for years – a restoration of the original 1874 station. The Chicamacomico Historic Site [...]
150th Anniversary Commemoration Saturday October 12 The Way it was Done Back Then 9:00 AM Flag Raising with Piper Ryan Leigh and Bonnie Pugh Somers (Descendant of Benjamin Pugh-Keeper of the 1874 Station) 9:00 AM Chicamacomico open for Tours 9:30 D. Christian Thompson will give a porch talk about research and restoration of the 1874 Station [...]
Saturday October 12, 2024 “The Way it was Done Back Then” 9:00 AM Flag Raising ceremony Chicamacomico lifesaving station opens for Tours USCG Auxiliary will have an information booth throughout the morning, along with Sammy the Sea Otter and Coastie the Tugboat! 9:30 AM D. Christian Thompson will give a porch talk about research and restoration [...]
Read the article on Island Free Press by Joy Crist
The Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station Historic Site and Museum will open for visitors on March 18, 2024, which marks an early start for the site’s season, which usually extends from late spring until late fall. 1874 Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station. Photo by Joy Crist. “Our Marketing Committee suggested that an early opening – particularly during the 150th Anniversary [...]
Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the U.S. Life-Saving Service in North Carolina Opening Reception Friday, April 5 from 6pm-8pm On Display April 5-27, 2024 in the Courtroom Gallery DareArts.org/shakesexhibit Read the Coastland Times article
