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Week 4 brings us a new batch of our Maritime Yearbook Superlatives! Which is your favorite of this week's selections?

Cape Fear Indians
In the age of everything we ever need being at our fingertips, it can be hard to imagine what it was like hundreds of years ago and trying to figure out what to do and how to solve problems. Without a question, Native Americans were incredibly resourceful! These indigenous people knew how to work with nature to bring the best outcome for humans, animals, and plant life. Local tribes in the Cape Fear Region, and other tribes near water sources, figured out how to trap fish in a "cage" so they would remain alive but be readily available when needed.
*Note: image is not of the Cape Fear Indians due to no known writings or pictures existing

Captain Charlie Swan
How can a lighthouse keeper *not* be a pyromaniac? Son of one of the captains of the Frying Pan Lightship, he served as First Assistant Keeper at the Little Cumberland Light Station in Georgia prior to coming home to the Cape Fear Lighthouse on Bald Head Island. He spent thirty years as head keeper and had the honor of flipping the Cape Fear Lighthouse’s final switch and Oak Island Lighthouse’s initial switch.

William Benjamin Gould
One of the greatest success stories you will ever read! Gould started his life enslaved in Wilmington. He was a master brickmason and one family who owned him was the Bellamy's. He, and other enslaved people, took to a row boat and made it the 27 miles out to the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron. Gould kept a diary of his time aboard the U.S. Navy vessels off the coast of Southport, NC. He re-enlisted three times, moved to the north, married a wonderful woman, and raised his children. His six sons all served in a branch of the military as well.

Be sure to tune in for our regularly scheduled virtual programming:
Tuesday @ 5 p.m. Live Learning on Facebook
Wednesday @ 3 p.m. Story Time on YouTube
Thursday all day (answer at 5 p.m.) Trivia on Facebook
Friday @ 10 a.m. Craft time on Facebook Live
Saturday @ 3 p.m. Story Time on YouTube
Sunday @ 11 a.m. Sunday Stretch on Instagram ... See MoreSee Less

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Remember when you are at the beach to fill in your holes. Teach your tiny humans that cleaning up the beach makes them heroes for maritime life. ❤️🐳🐟🐢 ... See MoreSee Less

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North Carolina Maritime Museum at Southport added a new photo.

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What boat are you?!
Flip through this album to find your name. Don’t see it? Send us a message and we will make one for you! ... See MoreSee Less

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North Carolina Maritime Museum at Southport added 15 new photos.

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Do you see your name in our first batch of “what boat are you?”

Fear not! Over the course of this week, we will be adding more names as they are submitted to us! Send us a message with a name you’d like to have included and tag your friends so they can see what boat they are! ... See MoreSee Less

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North Carolina Maritime Museum at Southport

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Whether you watched my Friday craft time or are looking for some additional maritime edu-tainment, check out USS NORTH CAROLINA Battleship!

While there, read their post about being the backdrop for the Best Looking Cruiser competition (and vote for the North Carolina State Highway Patrol)State highway patrol offices nationwide are competing for the title of “Best Looking Cruiser” in a contest sponsored by the American Association of State Troopers (AAST).⁠
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North Carolina State Highway Patrol was smart enough to know that its cruiser would look its best in front of the Battleship!⁠
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Vote for your favorite to help choose the top 12 to earn a spot on the 2021 calendar: www.surveymonkey.com/r/T9XVPN3. Voting ends at noon July 21. ... See MoreSee Less

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Have you seen the trend of names associated with various animals? Well we were feeling left out, so.... Head to our Facebook page for an album titled “what boat are you?”
Send us a message to make one for your name if you don’t see it! #ncmmspt #maritime #boats #whatboatareyou

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Starting on Tuesday 7.14 be sure to heave to and see what #MaritimeMerriment is in store each day. Christmas in July meets #MaritimeMuseum #ncmmspt

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