This Weekend at the Fort, Fort Fisher July 19-20: Federal Point Lighthouses

JUNIOR RESERVES (CHILDREN)  Friday, July 19  10 am to 2 pm

"Archaeology:  Digging Through the Past"  A kid-friendly family event designed to introduce young participants to basic archaeology techniques.

BEAT THE HEAT LECTURE  Saturday, July 20   2 pm

Fort Fisher interpreter Becky Sawyer will present  "Federal Point Lighthouses."

By the late 1700s, it was important to have the a navigation lighted beacon (lighthouse) at the tip of Federal Point, the peninsula Fort Fisher is located on.  During the Civil War, the lighthouse was destroyed and the lighthouse keeper's house was used as Fort Fisher's headquarters.

These programs ar put on by the Friends of Fort Fisher and the towns of Kure Beach and Carolina Beach.

--Old B-Runner