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Public Invited to Rededication May 5th Cape Hatteras Light Station
April 2001
Buxton
The enduring Cape Hatteras Lighthouse and Station, built in the 19th Century and moved in the 20th Century, is to be rededicated in the 21st Century. The Ceremony, celebrating the station's heritage over the last 130 years of service and dedicating its services to future generations, will take place on the light station grounds beginning at 6:00 PM, Saturday, May 5, 2001. The program is expected to run until 7:45 PM. The ceremony, which will be open to the public, will bring closure to a lighthouse relocation project that was hotly debated for nearly a quarter of a century, planned for nearly a decade, was 2 years in site preparation, and finally moved in 23 days.
The rededication ceremony has been planned in conjunction with the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse Keepers Descendants Homecoming. The homecoming, which will be taking place over the weekend of May 4 - 6, is being planned and organized by the Outer Banks Lighthouse Society. The invitational program will feature a number of heritage workshops/classes for the children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren of the men who kept the light burning at the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse.
"The rededication ceremony is open to the public and everyone is invited," said Cape Hatteras National Seashore Superintendent Francis Peltier. "People attending the ceremony to be held on the grounds of the light station between the lighthouse and the Keepers' Quarters should bring chairs and ground blankets to sit on. Remembering the size of the crowd that came to see the relighting ceremony, I would recommend an early arrival for the festivities." From a press release by Robert E. Woody, NPS Public Information Officer
Although the homecoming event is ongoing for registered keepers' direct descendents beginning May 4th and 5th and concluding Sunday May 5th, there are plenty of things for visitors to the Cape Hatteras Light Station to do as usual. The public is invited to tour the lighthouse grounds, climb the lighthouse, and visit the keepers quarters all weekend .
There will be a large tent for keepers' descendants only, and due to room in the tent, we must reserve table and chairs for descendants only.
In addition to normal activities at the light station, the public IS invited to: the unveiling of the engraved original granite foundation stones at the Keepers Circle of Stones Friday afternoon at 3:00 PM; the rededication ceremony Saturday evening, May 5th; and the lifesaving drill demonstration by the Chicamacomico volunteers in the move path area on Sunday, May 6th at 12:30 PM.
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Outer Banks Lighthouse Society. The society is dedicated to aid in the preservation of the lighthouses in the area and work with the National Park Service and other agencies and non-profit groups to achieve the safe-keeping of the buildings, artifacts and records of the old United States Lighthouse Establishment.
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Driving Directions to all North Carolina's Lighthouses Cheryl Roberts ANNOUNCEMENT
MOREHEAD CITY, NC
Most people visiting the Outer Banks of North Carolina want ot visit at least one of the lighthouses. The Outer Banks Lighthouse Society has prepared a Driving Tour from north to south along coastal North Carolina.
Of the existing towers you have a choice of seven lighthouses to visit, and you can see the ruins of an eighth light. Theses lighthouses are so interesting days can be spent in the surrounding area of each one. You are invited to visit a lighthouse soon.
Hatteras Keepers Descendants Homecoming Planned May 2001
April 2001 Cheryl Roberts HOMECOMING
Outer Banks, NC
May 4-6, 2001
Are you a Cape Hatteras Keepers direct descendant? (child, grandchild, great grandchild, great-great grandchild, and spouses).
A.C. Joyner of Wilson is wearing protective headgear as he prepares to test his sandblasting equipment to engrave the Cape Hatteras keepers' names on the original plinth stones. The Outer Banks Lighthouse Society is sponsoring this project. These granite stones were cut away from the original foundation of the lighthouse prior to its relocation by the National Park Service in summer 1999 by specialist contractors, International Chimney, Inc. The National Park Service will move the stones when threatened by erosion. The stencils must be first glued onto the stones and each keeper's name will be sandblasted into history. The main engraving will be done during April 2001 in time for the Hatteras Keepers Descendants Homecoming May 4-6, 2001, when the engraved stones will be officially unveiled.
Homecoming Poster Poster Available
January 17, 2001 Staff Report FACTS
OUTER BANKS, NC
A commemorative homecoming poster is available and the proceeds go to help
defray expenses for the Hatteras Keepers Descendants Homecoming, an
all-volunteer effort. Artist Glenn Eure has made the classic painting of a
keeper at Cape Hatteras titled "The Light Was Their Signature."
Posters will be on sale at the Eastern National Bookstore at Cape
Hatteras. To order a poster (16 x 20), $5.95 plus $5.50 mailing fee:
Eastern National Bookstore P.O. Box 860 Buxton, NC 27920. North Carolina
residents add 6% tax ($.37). Credit card orders can be made by calling the
Eastern National Bookstore at 252/995-5610.
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