The Beat the Heat Summer lecture Series presentations begin at 2 p.m. Saturdays at the E. Gehrig Spencer Theater at the Fort Fisher State Historic Site.
Lectures given so far:
JUNE 10-- TOPIC: "Timothy O'Sullivan and Photographing Fort Fisher" Shortly after the capture of Fort Fisher, one of Matthew Brady's photographers, Timothy O-Sullivan, came to Fort Fisher and took a lot of photos of the fort as it looked like then. Sure glad he did.
SPEAKERS-- were photographer Harry Taylor and Dr. Chris Fonvielle, Jr., Associate Professor history at UNCW. Author of many books on the Cape Fear Area during the war.
JUNE 17-- TOPIC: "The Blockade Runners" Wilmington and the Cape Fear were definitely hot spots for this undertaking.
SPEAKER: John Morris, Director of the North Carolina Underwater Archaeology Unit. Two recent stories are about the locating of the blockade runner Agnes E, Fry and the recent dedication of the Condor Historic Dive Site off Fort Fisher. Mr. Morris was very instrumental in both.
--Old B-Runner
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