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Coast Guard Day in Washington, NC

Ray Midgett May 1, 2021 0 Comments

It may surprise you to know that the U. S. Coast Guard had a long tradition in the town of Washington, N. C. One of the first ten cutters of the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service, one of the predecessor services of the Coast Guard, was built on the Washington waterfront and launched in the summer […]

1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic on Hatteras Island

Ray Midgett March 27, 2020 0 Comments

North Carolinians During the Spanish Flu

As I sit at home during the Covid 19 pandemic and practice “social distancing,” I am wondering about the last great pandemic, the 1918 Spanish Influenza. How did it affect my ancestors living on Hatteras Island? At the time Hatteras was a place where the populace was generally poor, isolated, and had little access to […]