"Beat the Heat" at Fort Fisher This Summer

From the Fort Fisher North Carolina Historic Site.

The annual summer "Beat the Heat" series of lectures will be given on Saturdays at 2 p.m. at the site in Kure Beach.

SATURDAY, JUNE 16

"THE FACES OF FORT FISHER" by Dr. Chris Fonvielle.  This will examine the lives of people in the fort as well as those in the blockading fleet.  Chris Fonvielle is without a doubt, THE foremost authority on any and everything dealing with Wilmington and Fort Fisher during the Civil War.

SATURDAY, JUNE 23

"THE WASP PROGRAM AND FORT FISHER"  by Assistant Site Manager John Mosely.  This is about the Women's Airforce Service Pilots, better known as the WASPs.

In July 1943, the first 25 women of this program arrived at Camp Davis Army Air Field to pull anti-aircraft targets at Fort Fisher.

--Old B-Runner