Back on August 11th and 13th, I wrote about the North Carolina State Historic Sites having the last of their summer Second Saturday events at sites across the state. I was particularly interested in the one being held at the Battleship North Carolina Memorial in Wilmington, NC as it was going to concentrate on two previous warships with the North Carolina name, one an 1824 ship-of-the-line, the most powerful vessel of its time and the other a Confederate ironclad ram from the Civil War.
The August 6th Goldsboro (NC) News Argus had an article "Blue and Gray Navies to tell story of two N.C. battleships." Across the top was a nice photo of members of the Carolina Living History Guild who the article said were to portray Union sailors at the event.
They were shown in naval uniforms. The members were Chris Grimes, Gary Riggs, Ken Sewell, Andrew Duppstadt and Morris Bass.
The event was free with admission to the battleship and went from 9 am to 6 pm.
Sure Would Have Liked to Have Been There. --B-R'er
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