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Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station will open early for the 2024 season

2024-03-15T08:48:00-04:00March 15th, 2024|Categories: News Release|

 The Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station Historic Site and Museum will open for visitors on March 18, 2024, which marks an early start for the site’s season, which usually extends from late spring until late fall. 1874 Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station. Photo by Joy Crist. “Our Marketing Committee suggested that an early opening – particularly during the 150th Anniversary [...]

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Honoring the 150th Anniversary of the Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station in Rodanthe

2024-01-24T17:17:44-05:00January 24th, 2024|Categories: News Release|

A PROCLAMATION Honoring the 150th Anniversary of the Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station in Rodanthe and Declaring October 2024 as Life-Saving Service Commemoration Month WHEREAS, during the late 1700s and early 1800s, an increase in maritime trade resulted in the greater possibility of near-shore shipwrecks occurring along the East Coast of the United States, and; WHEREAS, at that [...]

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Chicamacomico Historical Association and Dare Arts Announce Second Historical Arts Project

2024-01-19T12:42:20-05:00January 19th, 2024|Categories: News Release|

Media Release For Immediate Release December 6, 2023 Chicamacomico Historical Association and Dare Arts Announce Second Historical Arts Project   To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station and the Lifesaving Service on the North Carolina Coast, Dare Arts and the Chicamacomico Historical Association have teamed up to host the second Chicamacomico Shakes Exhibit [...]

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2024 will mark the 150th anniversary of the first Life-Saving Stations along the North Carolina coastline

2023-10-20T12:57:50-04:00October 20th, 2023|Categories: News Release|

1874 Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station. Photo by Joy Crist.  October 2024 will mark the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the Life-Saving Service along the North Carolina coastline, and multiple local and national organizations, (including the Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station and Historic Site), are already planning a celebration of this milestone along the Outer Banks. The United States Life-Saving [...]

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Kerr: Another tale of why Kittery’s a cool place to live

2024-01-04T15:34:07-05:00October 3rd, 2023|Categories: News Release|

History came alive at the former Wood Island Life Saving Station this past weekend; some local eateries got to showcase their stuff; and we were again reminded why Kittery, Maine, is such an awesome place to live. But oddly enough, this story starts in Rodanthe, North Carolina. Last month, our family embarked on a road trip [...]

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Local volunteers put Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station on the national map with a historic rescue reenactment in Maine

2024-01-04T15:34:59-05:00September 26th, 2023|Categories: News Release|

The Chicamacomico Team at the Wood Island Life-Saving Station in Maine. Photo from John Griffin. Volunteers are listed below. A team of local volunteers who perform the weekly Beach Apparatus Drill reenactment at the Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station in Rodanthe gave a special performance 700 miles away from home at the annual U.S. Life-Saving Service [...]

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Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station volunteers are taking their show on the road

2024-01-04T15:35:30-05:00September 22nd, 2023|Categories: News Release|

  The Beach Apparatus Drill reenactment team. Photo by Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station Historic Site. The volunteers who perform the weekly Beach Apparatus Drill reenactment at the Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station Historic Site in Rodanthe are taking their impressive outdoor show on the road. Larry Grubbs works to load the 1,000-pound beach cart into a [...]

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Coast Guard History Visit

2022-10-14T15:55:25-04:00October 14th, 2022|Categories: News Release|

Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station and Museum First Flight Chiefs Drill Team Chesapeake Regional Chiefs Drill Team A lifesaving re-enactment drill that is not on a Thursday at 2pm? Yes, kind of.  More like a sand flying, rope towing, gun shooting battle royal of North vs. South that went down October 7th at the [...]

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Hear CHA Board President Larry Grubbs

2022-01-21T16:44:14-05:00January 21st, 2022|Categories: News Release|

Hear CHA Board President Larry Grubbs narrate NBCLX's Greg Bledsoe's piece on the Graveyard of the Atlantic. This undertaking was part of Greg's Family Geography Project. The ‘Graveyard of the Atlantic' Is Still Wrecking Boats Off the Outer Banks of NC READ MORE...

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