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Vol. 10, No. 7
A Shoreline Community, Pine Knoll Shores, N.C.
January 2014
Photo by Richard Seale
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still image captured from video of a night firing of a Fort Macon 32-pound cannon.
Photo by Dan Law
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State Representative Pat McElraft was on hand at the Board of Commissioners' meeting on
December 12 to swear in Mayor Ken Jones and Pine Knoll Shores Commissioners (from left)
Larry Corsello, John Brodman and Fred Fulcher.
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Fort Macon Tribute
By Richard Seale
On November 9, Fort Macon State Park put op a very special show in honor and
remembrance of American military veterans. We had my son and wife visiting over
the weekend with their boys, Noah, 7 and Oscar, 4. The program was to start after
dark, running from 7 to 8 p.m., a bit of a push for the young boys but they are boys
so we decided to give it a try.
The ads for the program called for people dressed in appropriate uniforms and
carrying weapons of the time to provide descriptions of the uses of Fort Macon for
each period the fort was utilized for military purposes. The rifles and equipment of
the time were to be described in detail, and at the completion of each presentation,
the rifle of that period was to be fired. After the rifle presentations, there was to be a
tribute to veterans, including the firing of the 32-pound Civil War period cannons.
We arrived as dusk was settling over the fort and the inlet and harbor it was to
protect. The staff, helped by Boy Scouts, had done a good job of setting up directed
pathways to the seating area. Quite a few chairs had been provided, but by the start
of the program it was standing room only. (I would recommend you bring a chair
of your own if this event is repeated.) The crowd included lots of veterans with caps
from various wars and branches of the armed services, and the friendly chatter
soon revealed that these vets came from home towns all across America.
My son set up a high-speed, remote-fired camera and I had a good video cam
era. We both set up on the rear, west side of the crowd within the taped-off seating
area. Darkness came and the program started. We were seated on the outer cannon
berm, on the outside of the moat. The performers had a lighted “stage” on top of
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Pine Knoll Shores Receives
National Recognition
Pine KnoU Shores held its first-ever National Night Out in August, in con
junction with the North Carolina Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores. The town has
been recognized for this inaugural event as one of seven towns in the country by
the National Association of Town Watch (NATW) in the “Rookies of the Year”
category.
NATW, a non-profit organization dedicated to the development and promo
tion of various crime prevention programs, instituted the first National Night
Out in 1984 and will celebrate the 30th anniversary of that event in 2014.
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