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Salty Dawg Speaker Series: An Examination of the Shipwrecks along Wimble Shoals

Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum 59200 Museum Drive, Hatteras, NC

Allyson Ropp, a doctoral student in the Integrated Coastal Studies Program at East Carolina University, explores the histories of some of the vessels lost along Wimble Shoals and northern Hatteras Island, as well as the overall near shore and offshore wrecking trends of the area....

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Salty Dawg Speaker Series: A Coharie Canoe

Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum 59200 Museum Drive, Hatteras, NC

Lydia Downs, a Masters candidate at East Carolina University working on the cultural meanings and preservation of a native American canoe in North Carolina, will focus on the Coharie Tribe in North Carolina to tell the story of their newly repatriated dugout canoe. The program...

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U.S. Life Saving Service Operations along the North Carolina Coast

Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum 59200 Museum Drive, Hatteras, NC

Join North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort Education Curator Benjamin Wunderly to learn about the history of U.S. Life-Saving Service operations, the precursor to the United States Coast Guard.

Brigadier General Billy Mitchell: Father of the U.S. Air Force and Hatteras Hero

Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum 59200 Museum Drive, Hatteras, NC

Join Danny Couch to learn about the man considered by aviation historians as the most polarizing airman this country has ever produced. Brig. Gen. Billy Mitchell is, nonetheless, regarded as the father of the United States Air Force and an icon in American aviation history....

John Rollinson: Hero of Hatteras Island

Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum 59200 Museum Drive, Hatteras, NC

Join Danny Couch to learn about John Wallace Rollinson (1827 -1906), a fascinating figure in the history of Hatteras Island. Hatteras’ first paid schoolteacher, collector of the Port of Hatteras and reluctant Civil War outlaw, Rollinson’s legacy has stood the test of time.

Women in Whaling

Join North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort Associate Education Curator Christine Brin to learn about the women who participated in the historic whale fishery.

Lost Colony

Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum 59200 Museum Drive, Hatteras, NC

Join Hatteras native Scott Dawson to learn about the English who attempted to colonize the New World in 1587 and the mystery surrounding their disappearance.