Due to inclement weather the Currituck County Tourism Department was unable to set off the 4th of July fireworks. The firework festivities have been rescheduled for Tuesday, August 2. The Festival of Fireworks will begin at 6 p.m. This family friendly event will feature food vendors, live music, a watermelon eating contest, children’s activities and a cornhole tournament.
The Nags Head Beach Cottage Row Historic District was named to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. The first of the 36 homes began construction in the mid 1800's. Most homes began as shacks, built from wood scavenged from the beachfront, leftover from shipwrecks. Since that time though, most of the homes have undergone major renovations. These historic cottages are now defined by rustic cypress shingles, pitched roofs, and angular wrap-around porches. Each cottage has its own character and story.
Over 50 competitors will be competing in the 18th Annual Surfrider Foundation Paddle Race this Saturday, July 23 in the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
The Outer Banks of North Carolina is known as “The Graveyard of the Atlantic.” The treacherous shoals and shifting sandbars are home to thousands of shipwrecks. This summer the search continues for one of the area’s most notorious shipwrecks, a German submarine who attacked a convoy from Hampton Roads in 1942.
207 years ago today on July 11 in a legendary duel, the sitting Vice President Aaron Burr mortally wounded the former Secretary of Treasury Alexander Hamilton, rewriting the legends and folklore of the Outer Banks forever.
