Saturday, December 9, 2023

Military families admitted free to aquarium for Veterans Day

To honor those who have served the nation, the North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher will welcome military families with free admission on Saturday, Nov. 11, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Port City Daily/File)

FORT FISHER — To honor those who have served the nation, the North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher will welcome military families with free admission on Saturday, Nov. 11, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The admission will be offered to veterans — active, reserve or retired of the U.S. military — and their dependents. 

“We are grateful for the service and sacrifice of these heroes,” Michael P. Remige, acting director of North Carolina Aquariums said in a press release.

The free admission extends to Pine Knoll Shores and Roanoke Island aquariums as well. All of the aquariums are interactive and on Saturday, staff will include patriotic salutes during activities.  

Reservations are still required for advanced admission and can be made here. Service members are asked to bring military ID cards for themselves and their family members who qualify for the complimentary admission. 


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Shea Carver
Shea Carver
Shea Carver is the editor in chief at Port City Daily. A UNCW alumna, Shea worked in the print media business in Wilmington for 22 years before joining the PCD team in October 2020. She specializes in arts coverage — music, film, literature, theatre — the dining scene, and can often be tapped on where to go, what to do and who to see in Wilmington. When she isn’t hanging with her pup, Shadow Wolf, tending the garden or spinning vinyl, she’s attending concerts and live theater.

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