Fort Fisher logged more than 748,000 visitors in calendar year 2014, up from 614,000 in 2013. Of course, i am never sure how many of these were actually at the fort or visiting the adjacent state park.
Another 4,000 attended the Feb. 14-15 re-enactment at Fort Anderson, up the Cape Fear River from Fort Fisher. Officials think there would have been considerably more except for the heavy rains that fell those days. This marked the 150th anniversary of its fall.
Another 2,000 attended the Feb. 7-8 150th anniversary of the Battle of Forks Road at the Cameron Art Museum in Wilmington. This was the final battle before the fall of this important port city.
the complete impact of all these visitors will not be known for sure until room tax receipts from hotels are counted in the near future.
Civil War Means Bucks to Local Businesses. --Old B-R'er
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