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North Carolina Maritime Museum at Beaufort

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North Carolina Maritime Museum at Beaufort
On October 19, 1944, President Franklin D. Roosevelt approved Secretary of Navy James V. Forrestal's order for African American women to be accepted into the Naval Reserve. Just over two months later, Harriet Ida Pickens, who attended Bennett College for Women in Greensboro, North Carolina, became one of the first Black women to become an officer in the U.S. Navy when she was commissioned December 26, 1944, as a lieutenant junior grade. As a Naval Reserve officer, Pickens would use her expertise and experience to organize and administer physical training to enlisted WAVES (members of the Women’s Navy Reserve were known as Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service). Image: Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Harriet Ida Pickens (left) and Ens. Frances Wills. (Image courtesy U.S. Navy). ... See MoreSee Less
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North Carolina Maritime Museum at Beaufort

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On October 18, 1899, Erasmus (Rasmus) Midgett was awarded the Gold Lifesaving Medal for rescuing 10 sailors from the barkentine “Priscilla.” Rasmus, No. 1 surfman of the U.S. Life-Saving Station Gull Shoal Hatteras Island, was on the 3 a.m. to sunrise patrol on Aug. 18, 1899, when he discovered the wreck just south of the station between Gull Shoal and Kinnakeet. The captain’s two sons and wife, along with one other young boy, were swept into the sea and lost. Deciding there wouldn't be time to summon his fellow surfman he went into the water and pulled the remaining survivors to safety. Image: Erasmus Midgett posing on the remnants of “Priscilla” after the storm passed, 1899. (Image courtesy NC State Archives). ... See MoreSee Less
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North Carolina Maritime Museum at Beaufort

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Fauna Friday Happy Autumn! Who says you have to head to the mountains for fall color? Next time you're out in the salt marsh, keep an eye out for a tiny succulent that turns from bright green to a vivid red this time of year. Salicornia virginica (also known as American glasswort, pickleweed, or sea asparagus) is a low growing and salt loving plant that thrives in coastal marshes and tidal flats. With its leafless, jointed, fleshy green stems, it may be small, but its autumn transformation is hard to miss! Images: Salicornia virginica on the Rachel Carson Reserve, October 2026. ... See MoreSee Less
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North Carolina Maritime Museum at Beaufort

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On October 15, 1954, Hurricane Hazel made landfall at Long Beach on Oak Island in North Carolina. The storm’s arrival occurred on a full moon high tide, increasing the impact of the storm surge on the barrier beaches of Sunset Beach, Ocean Isle, Holden Beach, Long Beach, Carolina Beach, Wrightsville Beach and Topsail Island. Hazel was the only Category Four hurricane of the 20th century to strike North Carolina. Its winds peaked at 140 miles per hour. Hazel was responsible for 95 deaths in the U.S., including 19 in North Carolina. Image: Collapsed building in Atlantic Beach post-Hazel. (Image NC Maritime Museum in Beaufort collection). Image: Southport’s Bay Street looking east toward the pilot towerpost-Hazel. (Image courtesy NC Maritime Museum at Southport collection). Image: Large fishing boat washed ashore near a house in Southport following hurricane Hazel. (Image courtesy NC Maritime Museum at Southport collection). Image: Large unnamed boat in front yard of house in Southport. (Image courtesy NC Maritime Museum at Southport collection). Image: Four houses along a street with piles of debris and fallen trees in front following hurricane Hazel. (Image courtesy NC Maritime Museum at Southport collection). Image: View down a residential street in Southport following hurricane Hazel with a focus on a house that seems to have collapsed . The roof sits on a pile of wooden debris, a gas tank, and decking. (Image courtesy NC Maritime Museum at Southport collection). ... See MoreSee Less
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North Carolina Maritime Museum at Beaufort

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Anna Kellner McColl, our Group and Volunteer Coordinator at the NC Maritime Museum in Beaufort, put a fun seasonal spin on this week’s “Boats that Float” program. She challenged a visiting group to design a boat that could help pumpkins float. Sure, we know pumpkins already float, but the kids didn’t when the lesson began! They rose to the challenge with creativity and enthusiasm, and Anna couldn’t resist showing off their fantastic floating pumpkin vessels. Great work Anna and this week's visiting group. ... See MoreSee Less
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