
Outer Banks, North Carolina (1992)
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Rich Panter takes viewers around the Outer Banks of North Carolina; a part of a chain of barrier islands off North Carolina's coast. The locations featured in this segment are the Cape Hatteras...National Lighthouse Day honors the beacon of light that for hundreds of years symbolized safety and security for ships and boats at sea. It is observed annually on August 7.
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Rich Panter takes viewers around the Outer Banks of North Carolina; a part of a chain of barrier islands off North Carolina's coast. The locations featured in this segment are the Cape Hatteras...Video
McClellanville’s story is one of survival. The communities’ resilience had been tested time and again with the impacts of several large storms: Hurricane Hugo, the hurricane of 1822, and the storm in...Video
Marking the location where the suicidal charge at Battery Wagner took place, stands the Morris Island Lighthouse. Joanna angle discusses the history of this old, historic lighthouse.Photo
Shipping traffic moving in and out of the harbors along the Carolina coast depended upon a series of lighthouses to guide them through sometimes narrow and treacherous channels in the complicated...Audio
“R” is for Robert, Henry Martyn [1837-1923]. Engineer, author. Born in South Carolina, Robert’s family moved to Ohio in 1851. After graduating from West Point in 1857, he began a forty-four year...Video
Located in Beaufort County, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) built Hunting Island State Park in 1938. In 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt had established the CCC, a federally funded...Video
Visit Hunting Island State Park and discover how one of the last remaining lighthouses was moved.Video
Captain Sandy of Georgetown recalls his paranormal encounter with the ghost of Annie, a benevolent spirit who warns sailors off the coast of Georgetown of an oncoming storm. Seeing her is a sign to...Video
Al Hitchcock talks about the history and preservation efforts of the Morris Island lighthouse.