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 of the 1874 Station
11:00 AM
- Kevin Duffus will present “Unheralded Heroes: The Cape Fear Life-Savers of 1893” at the RWS Community Building across from the lifesaving station
12:15 PM
- Enjoy a great lunch on one of our picnic benches from one of the on-site Food Trucks or feel free to bring your own picnic lunch.
1:15 PM
- Beach Apparatus Drill – Let our re-enactment volunteers wow you with a historically accurate rescue drill practice. Maybe your child will be selected to be “rescued”!
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM
- M/C Carl Smith CDR USCG (ret) will discuss USCG history
- Presentation of Colors by Camden HS USCG Jr ROTC
- National Anthem sung by Caitlyn Grey
- Master Chief Christopher Hinote (The USCG Ancient Keeper)
- NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources Education Curator Ben Wunderly
- Additional Speakers will include representatives of the National Park Service, the USCG, and descendants of early surfmen
- USCG will conduct a Flyover during the afternoon
4PM
- Tolling of the Bell ends today’s program.
Sunday October 13
“The Way it’s Done Today”
8:00 AM
- Flag Raising Ceremony
8:15 AM
- Surfman’s Challenge 1 Mile Fun Run on the Beach
8:45 AM
- Hot Breakfast at the RWS Community Building, entry fee required
9:00 AM
- 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!
- Additional USCG displays are planned but not quite confirmed for the morning (Static Display of Helicopter, SAR demonstration) along with an Ocean Rescue demonstration by our local water rescue unit.
12:00 PM
- Enjoy a great lunch on one of our picnic benches from one of the on-site Food Trucks or feel free to bring your own picnic lunch.
1:30 PM
- Choose your History Tour
- Hatteras Island – details to come
- Upper Beach – details to come
- Manteo – details to come
Monday October 14
- Rain date for Sunday Programs
- Tour Travel Day
- Choose your History Tour
All activities are free unless otherwise noted.
NOTE: We will add to this program as we confirm the many additional programs we are planning.
