KURE BEACH —The Fort Fisher State Historic Site is set to showcase its role training antiaircraft artillery battalions during World War II.
The event, “A No-Nonsense Place: Fort Fisher’s World War II Experience,” is scheduled for this Saturday, Oct. 14, from 9 a.m.- 4 p.m. Admission is free.
According to a press release, military and civilian re-enactors will “set up displays on the old Fort Fisher airstrip and will discuss the life of the World War II soldier, as well as civilian life on the home front, and the important role women played in the march toward victory.”
Free presentations will be held throughout the day in the site’s auditorium.
- At 10 a.m., assistant site manager John Moseley will discuss Fort Fisher’s anti-aircraft artillery training.
- At noon, historian and author Cliff Tyndall will focus on neighboring Camp Davis and its appearance in a 1943 Hollywood film.
- At 2 p.m., historian and teacher Krystal Lee will discuss the Women’s Airforce Services Pilots (WASP) program.
Fort Fisher programs are supported by the non-profit group, Friends of Fort Fisher, and its sustaining members, as well as by New Hanover County and the towns of Carolina Beach Kure Beach.
Fort Fisher State Historic Site is located at 1610 Fort Fisher Blvd. S., Kure Beach. The site is part of the Division of State Historic Sites in the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources (NCDNCR). For information, call 919-807-7300 or visit www.ncdcr.gov.
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