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The
VIP
BLUE GRAY REUNION
The Last descendents remaining prior to Hurricane Irene
Our Descendents VIP Blue - Gray Reunion was a great success, the
sessions have been recorded and many new friendships have been
made. However, by tour day on Wednesday, August 23rd many had
already decided to leave the island.
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"There’s Stars over Hatteras Tonight"
Music was important to soldiers in camp and on the battlefield
during the American Civil War.
John Golden will perform Century songs and music during the Civil
War Conference.
John will feature songs from Golden’s Hatteras Memories
album that bring to life the Civil War events of 1861 when the
Union fleet bombarded Confederate Forts Clark and Hatteras at
Hatteras Inlet
along with the famous "Chicamacomico Races."
John Golden – Folksinger/storyteller
Golden's knowledge of coastal Carolina history begins with the
Lost Colony, the pirates Stede Bonnet and Blackbeard, through
Colonial times to Civil War blockade runners and pilots. He has
written songs about Virginia Dare, pirates, the Revolutionary War
and the Civil War, and has published many recordings of folk songs
and stories.
John will have his "Hatteras Memories" and "Fall of Fort Fisher"
CD's available at the Hatteras Civic Center
Civil War Exhibit -
“War Comes to Hatteras” Exhibit is open at The Graveyard of
the Atlantic Museum, 59200 Museum Dr., Hatteras, NC. This
special exhibit is open to the public, free of charge, in
connection with the "Flags Over Hatteras" Conference (a
ticketed event) and related events being held in Hatteras
April. 26-29,2012.
Exhibit open's August 22, 2011 -
July 31, 2012
Museum Hours: April - October
Monday -
Saturday 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
November - March
Monday -
Friday 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
This exhibit will feature
items and documents spanning from across our country that is
related to Eastern North Carolina activities and actions
during 1861. The exhibit is focused around the Battle of
Fort Hatteras and Fort Clark, Aug. 28-29,1861 and will also
explore "The Capture of the Fanny" and "The Chicamacomico
Races" in October of the same year.
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While in Eastern North Carolina be sure to visit these other
Civil War Sesquicentennial exhibits
 Elizabeth
City
“Under Both Flags: Civil War in the Albemarle”
Feb.11,
2012 – Aug. 2015
www.museumofthealbemarle.com
 Manteo
“The Civil War Comes to Roanoke
Island: Fishers, Fighters, and Freedmen”
March 3, 2012 –
Dec. 30, 2012
www.obhistorycenter.ncdcr.gov
 Beaufort
“Watched by Sound and Sea: Occupied
Beaufort, 1862”
www.ncmaritimemuseums.com
 Admission
to all three are FREE.
Donations are welcome!
 These exhibits and related programs are part of
the statewide Civil War Sesquicentennial commemorations.
For
information visit:
www.nccivilwar150.com
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“FLAGS
OVER HATTERAS” CONFERENCE is the second phase of our ‘Sesquicentennial
Event’ and is scheduled for April 26th – April 28th , 2012.
We
are featuring three nationally known authors and historians.
Come to a fun filled week at the beach and hear James McPherson,
Ed Bearss and Craig Symonds.
Each evening one of them will give their talk following dinner
(included in registration fee) at the
Hatteras
Village Civic
Center in Hatteras.
Additional
speakers include:
Dr. Patricia Click (professor at the
University Of Virginia), Harold (Harri) Jones, (Curator of the
African American Civil War Memorial & Museum) KaeLi Schurr
(Curator of the Outer Banks History Center), Joseph Schwarzer
(Director of the N.C. Maritime Museums), Col. Gary Riggs, (CSA
Medical Authority), Drew
Pullen (local historian), Danny Couch (local historian), Gerald
Roxbury (Civil War Confederate cutlasses authority) and
Lee Oxford
(historian and authority on "The Capture of the Fanny" and "The
Chicamacomico Affair").
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Lunch In Rodanthe
This event is sponsored by Kitty Hawk
Kites, Good Winds Seafood & Wine Bar, and Waves Village.
 
Come join us at Noon on April 26, 2012 and taste wonderful
local, southern cuisine specially prepared by Chef Joel Sardinha.
Enjoy hearing about the Civil War events that took place here in
Oct. 1 - 5, 1861.
Guest speaker, Lee Thomas Oxford is a research historian,
genealogist and writer and is based in Salisbury, Maryland.
The
Flags Over Hatteras Committee in conjunction with the R-W-S
Civic Association is offering this program to share the unique
Civil War history of Rodanthe, Waves, Salvo and to help support
these communities that were devastated by Hurricane Irene.
Lee Oxford will present his talk, "Capture of the Fanny and the
Chicamacomico Affair."
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Come hungry!
Fare $10.00 per person includes the “Yankee Tax.”
Seating will be limited to 60 people.
THIS
EVENT IS SOLD
OUT!
For more information, contact George Mead at 252-564-2667 or
geomead@charter.net OR contact the Graveyard of the Atlantic
Museum at 252-986-2995
How to Get Here Good Winds
Seafood and Wind Bar is located in Rodanthe on the Outer Banks
of North Carolina. The restaurant is located sound side, roughly
at Milepost 40 and is upstairs inside the Waves Village, Kitty
Hawk Kites, Kite Boarding Resort.
Civil War Historical Marker
Dedication
The Flagship USS Minnesota and the Hotel De Afrique will
be recognized with the unveiling of a Dare County Heritage Trail
/ North Carolina Bugle Trails Marker in honor of the leadership,
actions, and results during and after seven U.S. Navy warships
bombarded Forts Hatteras and Clark, August 28 -29, 1861.
The Civil War historical marker will be unveiled on April 26,
2012 at 4 p.m. at the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum in
Hatteras.
Dedication will include Ken Howard, Director, N.C. History Museums,
LT Jason Rochester, Chaplain USN Elizabeth City/Sector NC, Superintendent
Michael Murray, National Park Service, Outer Banks Group,
Captain Anthony Popiel, USCG Sector Commander North Carolina,
Allen Burrus, Dare County Commissioner, Lee Nettles, Managing
Director Outer Banks Visitors Bureau,
Skipper Hines, President of
the Outer Banks Community Foundation,
Danny Couch. Chairman of the Friends of the Graveyard
of the Atlantic Museum, Dave Alberg,
National Oceanic & Atmospheric
Administration,
Harry (Hari) Jones, Curator of
the African American Civil War Memorial & Museum, Mel Covey,
Dare County Heritage Trail and Flags Over Hatteras Committee,
and Johnnie Baum, The Hatteras Island Poet will speak
briefly.
Placement of wreathes will include a US Coast Guard Color Guard
from USCG Sector Cape Hatteras and Bernie Siler, Historian and
re-enactor with the 54th Massachusetts.
The public is encouraged to attend.
The
dedication recalls the USS
Minnesota was the
flagship for the Atlantic
Blockade Squadron commanded by Flag Officer Silas H. Stringham.
Using Stringham’s innovative maneuver of having his ships sail
in single file oval formation the fleet rained down several
thousands of shells. Seven African American sailors who were
mustered into service in Boston, Mass. manned the forward gun on
the
USS Minnesota during this
engagement. This was the first time the U.S. Navy
employed this tactic.
After this 1st Union victory of the Civil War, Ft.
Hatteras and Clark also became the 1st Safe Haven for
African Americans in North Carolina. A very commodious wooden
house was erected on the beach for the use of fugitives who had
just arrived from Roanoke Island and christened “Hotel De
Afrique”. As the demands for safe haven increased, this small
structure along with nine new wooden barracks built behind Ft.
Clark, became the predecessor to the Freedmen’s Colony on
Roanoke Island.
For your convenience we have put up a Google map
giving you the three locations that we will be having
our activities during the week.
The Hatteras Civil Center - Civil War Conference,
Graveyard of he Atlantic Museum -
"Flags Over Hatteras" Civil War Exhibit - Individual
Exhibits -Vendors- and a Marker dedication and the
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse - Living
History.
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The LIVING
HISTORY PROGRAMS are scheduled to be held at the
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse. from Saturday,
April 28th from 9:00 AM / 6:00 PM – Sunday, April 29,
from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM.
These reenactors will present artillery
demonstrations, encampments, drills and period music. In
addition, a civil war era’ Ladies Fashion’ show will be
presented as well as a Civil War era Battery forge.
Petersburg
Artillery
All programs are free of charge and are open to the
public. A schedule of programs will be provided. Make
your motel and cottage reservations ASAP to assure your
attendance at these programs.
Civil War Conference Panel Discussion
This special event will bring the Flags Over Hatteras
Civil War Conference to a crescendo followed by the
evening's final keynote speaker and dinner.
Bernie Siler will be the moderator for this panel
discussion. He is a lawyer, adjunct professor and
historian in Washington D.C.. As a Civil War re-enactor
with the 54th Massachusetts, he has appeared in the
films “Glory,” “Andersonville” and “Tad” and the
National Geographic documentary on the film “The
Conspirator.”
The panel discussion includes keynote speakers, Dr.
James McPherson & Dr. Craig Symonds and conference
presenters Harry “Hari” Jones and Drew Pullen.
Ole' Time Civil War Auction
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See our Current Auction Items
The “Ole' Time Civil War Auction" is scheduled for April 28th
2012 from 5:00 -
6:30 P.M. at the Hatteras Village Civic Center in Hatteras.
Come early to get your bid number and a front row seat. The items will have
a starting bid and will be sold as fast as lighting strikes.
Jason Humphries of Humphries Auctioneering from Kill Devil Hills, NC. will
visit us from the 19th century to call out the bids. Jason's claim to fame
is,"Its the sound that sells!" To that end, he has already started to
gargle bales of cool sea water to get ready for this special event.
Donations of any and all auction items are welcome.
They do not need to have anything to do
with the Civil War. Items already on the auction block for lucky bidders
to win range from rental cottage discounts to many other exciting items.
LEFT BIDS are WELCOME & ENCOURAGED!
If you cannot be Present for the Sale but would like to Bid on One or
All of Our Items, Please give Jason a Call at
(757) 739-6864
and he will Gladly set up a left bid.
For inquires from Hatteras Island or Ocracoke islanders please contact
Danny Couch at
For Roanoke Island, the northern beaches and points beyond, please
contact Dennis Schurr at
Dcschurr@aol.com
or Melanie Schwarzer at the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum at
252-986-2995.
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our Auctioneer & the terms of our auction
All proceeds will go to the Friends of the Graveyard of the
Atlantic Museum to defray any costs of Flags Over Hatteras
activities and the remaining or all will go towards the "
Help Us Save the USS Monticello Ensign" Civil War flag
restoration project.
Restoration Project
Help
us save the USS Monticello ensign!
The Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum, a part of the
North Carolina
Maritime Museum System, North Carolina State History Museums, has a
unique opportunity to preserve an important Civil War treasure.
The silk ensign from the USS
Monticello has recently been made available to the Museum. It is the
only silk naval flag from this period known to exist and is embroidered
with the name “Monticello”
and the name “Lieut.
Da’ L. Braine USN
Commander of the USS Monticello.
The association of the flag with the
USS Monticello makes it of
primary importance to the history of Hatteras and North Carolina.
The flag is 8 feet at the hoist and 12 feet on the fly and is in very
fragile condition.
It is estimated that it could cost in excess of $60,000 to preserve this
one-of-a- kind Civil War Artifact. We ask you to help the Museum
to save this remarkable piece of history.
Please donate now by
clicking on the Donate Tab or contact the Friends of the Graveyard
of the Atlantic Museum at (252) 986-2995 to make a donation towards the
preservation of the Monticello flag. We thank you for your consideration
and kind support!
USS Monticello
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