KURE BEACH – Queen Anne’s Revenge Project Director Mark Wilde-Ramsing will speak about annual fall dive on the shipwreck of the presumed Queen Anne’s Revenge, Blackbeard’s flagship, on Tuesday, Sept. 16. The 7 p.m. public presentation at the Southport Community Building on Bay Street is sponsored by the N.C. Maritime Museum in Southport. Registration is recommended and refreshments are provided.
Primary goals for the fall dive include rescue a large cannon, recovery of other artifacts and an investigation of the midsection and forward hold areas of the ship. Wilde-Ramsing will review past dives and recovery missions as part of the 2008 N.C. Department of Cultural Resources theme, “Telling Our Stories.”
For additional information and registration, call the Maritime Museum at 910-457-0003. The N.C. Maritime Museum is part of the Division of State History Museums in the Department of Cultural Resources, a state agency dedicated to the promotion and protection of North Carolina’s arts, history and culture. Now podcasting 24/7 with information about the Department of Cultural Resources, all available at www.ncculture.com.