With its two stations and five outbuildings, Chicamacomico
(pronounced chik a ma COM i co) is the most complete site of
remaining life-saving stations in North Carolina and one of the
nation’s most complete sites. This site is located on Hatteras
Island in the village of Rodanthe on the Outer Banks of North
Carolina.
August
29th, 2010
The very final Drill of the season will be done by Team USCG
Hatteras Inlet next Thursday, September 2 at 2PM.
The
Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station Historic Site & Museum is one
of the many sites on the Historic Albemarle Tour and the
National Outer Banks Scenic Byway.
Picture Caption:
The Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station is presently the only
place anywhere to reenact the full beach apparatus drill on a
regular basis. To make it even better, it has two full teams.
To make that even better, they are all volunteers and all are
active-duty United States Coast Guard personnel! This is the
team from Coast Guard Motor Life Boat Station Oregon Inlet who
just completed their last performance of the season. The team
members, from left, are
Seaman Erin Hafer, Boatswains Mate
1st Class Kenneth Akana, Fireman Bradley Ulmer, Boatswains Mate
3rd Class Joseph Haskell, Boatswains Mate 3rd Class Kyle Wood,
Seaman Jamie Hardin, Boatswains Mate 3rd Class Jason Steinhoff,
Boatswains Mate 3rd Class Robert Creagh, and Seaman Lucas Jump.
The very final Drill of the season will be done by Team USCG
Hatteras Inlet next Thursday, September 2 at 2PM.
Our fifth annual “American Heroes Day” was the biggest and best
yet. Over 600 people officially attended, although many more
joined events on the beach. It was a very successful fundraiser
for the nonprofit Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station Historic
Site & Museum which generates its own funding through
admission
tickets, gift shop sales and events like this. Equally important
were the smiles, laughter, conversations, learning and
appreciation that was going on all over the seven acre site all
day long.
Caption:
US Coast Guard Jayhawk rescue helicopter from US Coast Guard Air
Station Elizabeth City lowers basket to 47 foot motor life boat
from US Coast Guard Station Oregon Inlet in one of many
exciting, daring, dramatic, and precision maneuvers as part of
Chicamacomico's "American Heroes Day."
August
15th, 2010
Our
fifth annual “American Heroes Day” was the biggest and best yet.
Over 600 people officially attended, although many more joined
events on the beach. It was a very successful fundraiser for
the nonprofit Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station Historic Site &
Museum which generates its own funding through admission
tickets, gift shop sales and events like this. Equally important
were the smiles, laughter, conversations, learning and
appreciation that was going on all over the seven acre site all
day long.
Sara Zimmerman, representing the Currituck Lighthouse table and
display, summed it up this way: The event was well organized and
the speaker (Capt. Anthony Popiel, USCG Commander Sector North
Carolina) was great. I thoroughly enjoyed it. The beach rescue
was great.”
The
SAR Demo (Search and Rescue Demonstration) done by the Coast
Guard was more than spectacular. The HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter
from USCG Air Station Elizabeth City hovered over the ocean for
30 minutes and engaged in dramatic maneuvers with the 47 foot
motor life boat from USCG Station Oregon Inlet. The large crowd
was delighted and frequently let out spontaneous applause,
cheers and thumbs ups. Many of our visitors told me how
impressed they were with the demo. ->
Article
July 26th, 2010
CHICAMACOMICO’S 5TH ANNUAL “AMERICAN HEROES DAY” 2010 Byline: James Charlet Photo Title: “SAR” Demo Returns to Chicamacomico “Heroes Day”
The
Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station Museum Complex will be holding
its fifth annual “American Heroes Day” on Thursday, August 5,
2010 from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM in the village of Rodanthe on
Hatteras Island.
Chicamacomico was part of the United States Life-Saving Service
(USLSS) and was the first station built in North Carolina. The
original station, dating from 1874, is still on the site as one
of eight buildings belonging to the Chicamacomico Historical
Association. The men of the United States Life-Saving Service
(1871-1915) were the original rescue heroes, the “storm
warriors” who made dramatic and heroic rescues of shipwreck
victims whose lives were in peril from the sea. In their
history, nation-wide, the USLSS’s men responded to over 178,000
lives in peril from the sea, of which they saved over 177,000!
This is a startling rate of success of 99.2%, while their own
loss of life, usually under the worst possible conditions, was
less than one per cent! Heroes indeed. In 1915, this service
merged with the US Revenue Cutter Service to form the United
States Coast Guard who routinely continues this tradition of
heroism. ->
Article
July
7th, 2010
Army Rocks Coast Guard Station
Photo Caption: The Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station
Historic Site & Museum hosted the TriVillage’s July 4th
celebrations which were sponsored by the Rodanthe-Waves-Salvo
Civic Association. Approximately 150 folks- a balanced blend of
locals and visitors- enjoyed the various festivities. After the
traditional patriotic singalongs, and the impressive reading of
the Declaration of Independence in its entirety, the crowd was
treated to the modern music of the U.S. Army’s TRADOC Rock Band
from Fort Monroe, Virginia. The final treat, of course, was
watermellon served up by the Association.
Photo Credit: CLSS
July
1st, 2010
On DVD Only "RESCUE MEN"
The Story of Pea Island - DVD only $19.99
(+ tax, s & h)
phone orders call 252-987-1552
Available in Gift Shop
Rescue Men:
The Story of the Pea Island Life Savers,
a film by Allan Smith, is now a DVD available for purchase in
the Gift Shop of the Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station Historic
Site & Museum. This unusual and poingnent (SP?) story was filmed
partially at Chicamacomico for several reasons. They were
neighboring stations with Pea Island being the “sister station”
six miles to the north. Also, Chicamacomico’s 1874 Station looks
much like Pea Island’s 1878 Station, which no longer exists.
The Pea Island Station was the
only all black station nation-wide in the history of the United
States Life-Saving Service. While this undoubtedly increased the
pressure on this crew, they responded by producing a stellar
record of selfless accomplishments. Their rescue of the E. S.
Newman in 1896 became one of the many legendary rescue stories
throughout the U.S. Life-Saving Service nation-wide. The actual
signboard from the E. S. Newman is a Chicamacomico artifact that
is currently on loan to the Pea Island Cook House Museum in
Manteo.
The Bonus Features on the DVD include Chicamacomico’s famous
Beach Apparatus Drill performed by the U.S. Coast Guard and a
guided tour of Chicamacomico’s seven-acre, eight-building
complex by the Site Manager.
Chicamacomico is located in the village of Rodanthe on Hatteras
Island, (three-tenths of a mile south of the “Inn at Rodanthe”
used in the 2007 movie with Richard Gere and Diane Lane, by the
way!) at 23645 NC Highway 12, or MP 39 ½ .
Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station Historic Site is one of the
many sites on the Historic Albemarle Tour as well as the Outer
Banks National Scenic Byway, part of America’s Scenic Byways
Program. For more information about this particularly
interesting site and its exciting activities and offerings,
email
clss@embarqmail.com
or call 252-987-1552.
June 24th, 2010
Photo Caption: Buxton Native Carol Dillon (far right) was
the REAL Taffy of Torpedo Junction, the central character in
Neil Wise Wechter’s novel about a 13 year old tomboy and her
antics on the Outer Banks during World War II. This particular
program, which is given every Wednesday, 2:00pm, June, July and
August at the Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station Historic Site &
Museum, had, among others, 17 girls in attendance who were all
about the same age as Taffy in the novel. They were on an
educational field trip from the Columbus Girls School in Ohio.
Each girl was delighted to buy a copy of the book and have Mrs.
Dillon personalize and autograph it. This extremely interesting
and unusual program is one of many of
->
Chicamacomico’s Summer Porch
Programs
June
11th, 2010 The “Outer Banks Artists at Chicamacomico” series of art
shows kicked off with hundreds in attendance for the first show.
Amazing art was set in a festival atmosphere in an amazing
setting at a site with an amazing history. There were lots of
smiles everywhere. The series continues with multiple shows all
summer and even through September.
Picture Caption:A New Series of Outdoor Art Shows Premiers Friday, June
11 at the Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station Historic Site &
Museum in Rodanthe. The free shows will be inside the fenced
area in the foreground seen here on this side of the 1911
Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station, a work of art unto itself.
June – Friday 11th & Friday 25th July – Wednesday 14th & Friday 16th Wednesday 28th & Friday 30th August – Wednesday 25th & Friday 27th September – Thursday 16th & Friday 17th
All
shows will be from 10:00 am – 5:00 pm, the same hours of
operation for the Historic Site itself. The Chicamacomico
Life-Saving Station Historic Site & Museum is located at MP 39.5
on Hwy. 12 in the village of Rodanthe, NC on Hatteras Island,
only 30 minutes south of Nags Head or 30 minutes north of the
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse. Come have a wonderful day at this
unique place. Admission to the Art Show is FREE. Refreshments
and tickets for the self-guided tours and programs of the
Chicamacomico Historic Site will be available for purchase.
June
1st, 2010 Photo Caption: In
the Boat Room
of the Portsmouth Island Life-Saving Station with a volunteer
from the Cape Lookout National Seashore after outfitting their
new Beach Cart are helpers BM1 Rob Shay, Coast Guard Station
Hatteras Inlet; Linda Molloy, Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station
(CLSS) staff; BM3 Joe Habel, also Station Hatteras Inlet; James
Charlet, also CLSS staff; and Mike Daughtery, currently
President, Chicamacomico Historical Association and former Drill
Team member.
June 1st, 2010 Area
Life Guards for the 2010 Summer Season recently visited the
Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station Historic Site & Museum in the
village of Rodanthe on Hatteras Island to see, hear, touch and
feel some related history. The selfless mission that these young
people embrace has much in common with the United States
Life-Saving Service whose focused efforts were “so that others
may live.” After their visit and enlightening tour, one life
guard wrote in the Visitor Log “I am proud to be an ocean
rescuer now!” The group in yellow around the Welcome sign are
from Nags Head, who come every year. The other group was the
first visit of life guards serving the towns of Southern Shores
and Duck.
->
Article
May 20, 2010 Nights in Rodanthe
movie
sweepstakes winners of the Grand Prize were Sandy and Brian
Boshart from Windsor, Ontario, Canada who travelled all the way
to Rodanthe to collect one of their prizes, free admission to
the Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station Historic Site & Museum.
The contest was sponsored by Ontario’s Homemakers Magazine,
and it offered prizes related to the movie. One of those, in
addition to a week’s stay in a luxurious beach home, was to
visit Chicamacomico and meet Linda Molloy, its Operations
Manager. She had a role opposite Richard Gere in the movie.
Linda, Sandy and Brian had a great time discussing that
memorable experience.
->
Article
May 18th, 2010
Keepers Helping Keepers! Photo
Caption: The Old Oregon Inlet Coast Guard Station is having
its flagpole (already loaded on the trailer) returned from the
Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station where it was donated years
ago. Chicamacomico initiated the “re-gifting” to the new owner,
the North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island, as the old
station is coming back to life. Its Director, Maylon White,
brought staff out to help load it on the Cape Hatteras Electric
Cooperative truck and trailer who generously agreed to haul it
to its original home.
May
11, 2010
New Sweatshirts are In! Photo Caption:
Chicamacomico’s new 2010 sweatshirt and tee shirt design is
displayed by Rita Lane, a visitor from Charlotte who bought the
very first new sweatshirt. She and her husband were on holiday
to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary. To make it even
more special, when Mrs. Lane discovered that Site Manager James
Charlet had taken the photograph used in the design, and that
furthermore Operations Manager Linda Molloy had a role with
Richard Gere in the movie Nights in Rodanthe, Lane got them both
to sign her new “first” shirt, making it a truly unique silver
anniversary souvenir.
Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station Historic Site is one of the
many sites on the Historic Albemarle Tour as well as the Outer
Banks National Scenic Byway, part of America’s Scenic Byways
Program.
Photo Caption: The 1911 Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station
engulfed in the eerie fog that covered Hatteras Island Wednesday
morning. Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station Historic Site is one
of the many sites on the Historic Albemarle Tour as well as the
Outer Banks National Scenic Byway, part of America’s Scenic
Byways Program. For more information about this particularly
interesting site and its exciting activities and offerings!
Art
Show 2010
» Art Show 2010
June 11th & 25th / July 14th & 16th, 28th & 30th
August 25th & 27th / September 16th & 17th
In an exciting new series of art shows this year on Hatteras
Island and hosted by the Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station
Historic Site & Museum, artists from throughout the Outer Banks
will show their works. Ready for sale will be original works in
a multitude of art media including acrylic, glass blowing, water
colors, pottery, hand-made jewelry, hanging art, fish art,
photography and still more formats.
April 24th, 2010
Photo Title: Visiting Church Service Group (Also sending as
separate JPEG attachment)
Photo
Caption: Reverend Kerry Willis from Harrisonburg, VA (kneeling
first on left) and his men’s church group at the Chicamacomico
Life-Saving Station for their annual Service Project.
Headline: Keepers Helping Keepers
Sixteen years ago, “Reverend Kerry” from the Church of the
Nazarene began bringing small groups of men from their
Harrisonburg, Virginia homes to the Outer Banks for a spiritual
retreat. They called themselves the “Keepers of the Light.”
Kerry had long used the U.S. Life-Saving Service as an
inspirational analogy in his preaching, so annual stops at The
Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station Historic Site & Museum quickly
became a natural. The officer in charge of these stations in
days gone by were called “Keepers.” Several years ago the group
decided to add a Service Project at the Station to their retreat
providing well-needed and well-appreciated assistance to the
nonprofit museum.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 11, 2010
Photo Title: English Visitor
Photo
Caption: Wing Commander W. L. “Bill” Smyth of London was one of
the first visitors of the 2010 Season to the Chicamacomico
Life-Saving Station Historic Site & Museum. Here he points out
his London home on the Map of Europe. There were some
interesting connections here!
Headline: Chicamacomico Connections
Article Text: First of all, the United States Life-Saving
Service (USLSS) that was started in 1871 was modeled directly on
the earlier British service called the National Royal Lifeboat
Institute (RNLI). In later years, after the USLSS became the US
Coast Guard, aeriel Search & Rescue was added to their many
missions. Wing Commander Smyth did Search & Rescue for the Royal
Air Force for 35 years, flying mostly Shackletons all over the
world. And lastly, one of the employees of the company Smyth
owns in London is an ex-officer of the U.S. Coast Guard!
Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station Historic Site is one of the
many sites on the Historic Albemarle Tour as well as the Outer
Banks National Scenic Byway, part of America’s Scenic Byways
Program. For more information about this particularly
interesting site and its exciting activities and offerings,
visit www.chicamacomico.net, email
clss@embarqmail.com ,
or call 252-987-1552.
PRESS
RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Picture Title: Coast Guard Origins
Photo credit: Lt. Joseph Raymond, USCG, SFO-Nags Head
Picture Caption:
Captain Anthony Popiel (center), the new US Coast Guard Sector
North Carolina Commander, recently toured Coast Guard facilities
he now oversees. Along the way, he stopped at the Chicamacomico
Life-Saving Station Historic Site & Museum in Rodanthe to see
first-hand some great Coast Guard history. He is with the
Historic Site Manager, James Charlet (left) and his Deputy
Commander, Brian Thompson. To learn more about Chicamacomico,
its exciting activities and offerings, visit
www.chicamacomico.net, or email at
clss@embarqmail.com
or call 252-987-1552.
But
the saga of the Pea Island Life-Saving Station on
the Outer Banks and its all-black crew - the
nation's only one - has never been told in a
full-length feature film.
Until now.
"Rescue Men: The Story of the Pea Island Surfmen" is
scheduled to premiere next month on Roanoke Island.
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE:
New Officers
The Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station Historic Site
& Museum has
elected new officers for its governing body, the
Chicamacomico Historical Association. Standing on
the front porch of the 1911 Life-Saving Station
(with the original 1874 Station in the far right
background) are Mike Daugherty, President; Cathy
Bontemps, Treasurer; John Griffin, Vice President;
and (inset) Andrea Gabriel, Secretary. The
Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station Historic Site &
Museum is one of the many sites on the Historic
Albemarle Tour.( www.historicalbemarletour.org)
and the National Outer Banks Scenic Byway. To learn
more about Chicamacomico, its exciting activities
and offerings, visit www.chicamacomico.net,
or email at
clss@embarqmail.com
or call 252-987-1552
Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station Historic Site
P.O. Box 5
Rodanthe, NC 27968
Phone: 252-987-1552 Fax: 252-987-1559
Email: clss@embarqmail.com
Website: www.chicamacomico.net
Contact:
Linda Molloy (Site Operations Manager) 252-987-1552
or 252-256-0130
James Charlet (Site Manager) 252-987-1552 or
252-996-0493
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:Life-Savers
for Chicamacomico
Local
organizations and businesses teamed up
to help the Chicamacomico Life-Saving
Station launch their new website. Some
of those representatives on hand were
(left to right)
Jim Perry,
Outer Banks Community Foundation Board
member, William V. Copeland, BB&T Vice
President, Linda Molloy, Chicamacomico
Site Operations Manager, Charles Hardy,
President of the Outer Banks Community
Foundation Board of Directors, and
Charlena Rose of That Girl
Productions.net
The
Outer Banks Community Foundation awards grant to
Chicamacomico Historical Association
The
Chicamacomico Historical Association,
a 501(c)(3) non profit organization, is pleased to
announce that it has been awarded a grant from the
Outer Banks Community Foundation in the amount of
$2,650 for the production of a new website for the
Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station Historic Site &
Museum located in Rodanthe, NC. This new
state-of-the-art website, designed and managed by
Charlena Rose of That Girl Productions.net of Kitty
Hawk, NC, is well underway. Although many new
additions, videos, and photographs are still to be
included, we invite you to visit Chicamacomico’s new
site at www.chicamacomico.net and
to return often to view new developments.
The generous
funding for this grant award was received from the
Little, Owens & BB&T Fund and the Shirley and David
Doran Memorial Fund, both managed by the Outer Banks
Community Foundation. OBCF has helped contributors
give back over $2,500,000 to meet previously unmet
needs on the Outer Banks during the past 27 years.
For more information about this award-winning
community organization, visit
www.obcf.org or
call 252-261-8839.
End of Season, and Santa
Arrives!
The annual End of Season Open House and
Festivities will take place at the Chicamacomico
Site on Friday, Nov. 27th. The site will open at
10am and close at 5 pm. Don't miss SANTA'S ARRIVAL
at 1pm -- he'll be here until 3pm to talk to all
children of all ages and will take your wish list
back to the North Pole with him. You can have your
photo taken with Santa, too! Free admission to the
entire site will be offered when you bring a
nonperishable item for the Hatteras Island Food
Pantry -- collection boxes will be available onsite.
Let's not forget those less fortunate this season;
they need our support too. Gift Shop sales will be
taking place and huge discounts will be given. Mark
your calendar and come to Rodanthe for a grand ol'
time. The site will close for the season at the end
of the day and will reopen in April 2010. For more
info call 252-987-1552 252-987-1552 .
Posted by clssnews on November 18, 2009 at 06:16 AM
November Nor'easter Update
As most of you know by now, the east coast suffered
as a result of the November Nor'easter that rolled
in on the 11th and stayed until the early hours of
the 14th. The Chicamacomico Site did not suffer any
major damage and all the buildings and structures
are still here!! There is quite a bit of flooding on
the grounds which continues to linger, as of this
posting. Hours of Operation are changing, so please
call before you plan to visit. 252-987-1552
252-987-1552 .
Posted by clssnews on November 18, 2009 at 06:09 AM
Fall Hours of Operations
The hours of operation for the Chicamacomico
Historic Site are as follows: Monday - Friday, 10am
- 5pm. The site will close for the season on Friday,
Nov. 27, 2009.
Posted by clssnews on September 1, 2009 at 06:40 PM
Meekins Charitable Trust
Grant Funding Received!
The Chicamacomico Historical Association is
pleased to announce it is the recipient of grant
funding from the Percy W. & Elizabeth G. Meekins
Charitable Trust. Charles Evans trustee for the
Trust presented a check for $10,000.00 to the staff
of the Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station Historic
Site & Museum. Accepting was Historic Site Manager
James Charlet accompanied by Site Operations Manager
Linda Molloy. This grant will fund a “Visitor
Enhancement Project” which includes purchase of a
beach wheelchair, new public address systems, and
new and updated site signage.
The Percy W. & Elizabeth G. Meekins Charitable Trust
provides grants to tax-exempt programs or projects
for cultural resources and educational opportunities
as well as for historic programs, health care,
religious areas, and community service. The Trust is
well-known for its generosity and continued support
of Dare County and the Outer Banks community.
The Beach Wheelchair has already been purchased and
is onsite awaiting use. It will help physically
challenged visitors gain access to areas that were
difficult to visit previously! We are VERY happy to
offer this convenience to our wonderful visitors.
Posted by clssnews on January 9, 2009 at 11:43 AM
New website! Welcome to the new Chicamacomico Life-saving Station
website! Stay tuned for more updates, as the site
continues to grow!
Posted by clssnews on January 7, 2009 at 08:03 PM
Storms!
STORMS are what Cape Hatteras is largely known for,
and also, let's face it, the "job security" of the
men of the U.S. Life-Saving Service. The tradition
continues. While Chicamacomico thankfully avoided
any hurricanes this year, it's seen quite a few
storm stories this fall. Lightning storms, rain
storms, wind storms, water spouts, and too many
nor'easters like the one that gave us 50 mph winds
and 10 inches of rain on the day after the 2008
Presidential Election! The Site has been flooded
twice this fall from ocean overwash but the
buildings did not suffer damage. One of the milder
storms (only 30 mph winds) toppled a house into the
ocean just south of the Station. It was plainly
visible from the porch of the 1911 Station.
August
29th, 2010
August
15th, 2010
The
SAR Demo (Search and Rescue Demonstration) done by the Coast
Guard was more than spectacular. The HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter
from USCG Air Station Elizabeth City hovered over the ocean for
30 minutes and engaged in dramatic maneuvers with the 47 foot
motor life boat from USCG Station Oregon Inlet. The large crowd
was delighted and frequently let out spontaneous applause,
cheers and thumbs ups. Many of our visitors told me how
impressed they were with the demo. ->
The
Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station Museum Complex will be holding
its fifth annual “American Heroes Day” on Thursday, August 5,
2010 from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM in the village of Rodanthe on
Hatteras Island.
July
7th, 2010
June
11th, 2010
June
1st, 2010
Area
Life Guards for the 2010 Summer Season recently visited the
Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station Historic Site & Museum in the
village of Rodanthe on Hatteras Island to see, hear, touch and
feel some related history. The selfless mission that these young
people embrace has much in common with the United States
Life-Saving Service whose focused efforts were “so that others
may live.” After their visit and enlightening tour, one life
guard wrote in the Visitor Log “I am proud to be an ocean
rescuer now!” The group in yellow around the Welcome sign are
from Nags Head, who come every year. The other group was the
first visit of life guards serving the towns of Southern Shores
and Duck.
Photo
Caption: The Old Oregon Inlet Coast Guard Station is having
its flagpole (already loaded on the trailer) returned from the
Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station where it was donated years
ago. Chicamacomico initiated the “re-gifting” to the new owner,
the North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island, as the old
station is coming back to life. Its Director, Maylon White,
brought staff out to help load it on the Cape Hatteras Electric
Cooperative truck and trailer who generously agreed to haul it
to its original home.
May
11, 2010
May
5th, 2010 - Ghostly Fog
Art
Show 2010 
Photo
Caption: Reverend Kerry Willis from Harrisonburg, VA (kneeling
first on left) and his men’s church group at the Chicamacomico
Life-Saving Station for their annual Service Project.
Photo
Caption: Wing Commander W. L. “Bill” Smyth of London was one of
the first visitors of the 2010 Season to the Chicamacomico
Life-Saving Station Historic Site & Museum. Here he points out
his London home on the Map of Europe. There were some
interesting connections here!
PRESS
RELEASE
The
Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station Historic Site &
Museum is one of the many sites on the Historic
Albemarle Tour.( 
