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Monthly Archives: August, 2011

Civil War exhibit opens at Graveyard of the Atlantic museum

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As part of the commemoration of the events that happened 150 years ago on the Outer Banks during the Civil War, the...

Cape Hatteras Lighthouse Will Host Civil War Encampment

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Few visitors to the Outer Banks realize that 150 years ago these same islands were Civil War battlefields.  The barrier islands of the North...

The battles for Forts Clark and Hatteras gave the Union its first Civil War victory

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The battles for Forts Clark and Hatteras gave the Union its first Civil War victory By DREW PULLEN By DREW PULLEN By DREW PULLEN On Aug. 28, 1861,...

The historic 6,000-pound bronze and crystal lens from the 1803 Cape Hatteras Lighthouse was reconstructed in the spring of 2005 in the lobby of...

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Historic Hatteras Lighthouse lens was “lost” during Civil War ...

‘Flags Over Hatteras’ will explore the island’s role in the Civil War

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‘Flags Over Hatteras’ will explore the island’s role in the Civil War By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN When we think of the most historic...
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Theodore Roosevelt Meekins, Jr.

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Traffic lights in Hatteras Village will be replaced with stop signs

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Cora Lee O’Neal

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