35th Annual NC Maritime History Council Conference
Thu, Dec 04
|Fort Fisher State Historic Site
The 35th Annual NC Maritime History Council Conference will be held at the Fort Fisher State Historic Site in Kure Beach, NC. The theme of the conference is "Commerce, Labor, and War in the Carolinas."
Time & Location
Dec 04, 2025, 6:00 PM – Dec 06, 2025, 12:00 PM
Fort Fisher State Historic Site, 1610 Fort Fisher Blvd S, Kure Beach, NC 28449, USA
About the event
The 35th Annual NC Maritime History Council Conference will be held at Fort Fisher State Historic Site. Fort Fisher was a crucial part of the Civil War defense network. Soldiers, enslaved laborers, and conscripted Lumbee Indians built the fortification to guard New Inlet and protect blockade runners bringing supplies to the Confederacy. In proximity, the Cape Fear Civil War Shipwreck Discontiguous District, nominated to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985, encompasses one of the largest collections of shipwrecks in the USA. The conference venue also serves as the home of the NC Underwater Archaeology Branch, with a state mandate to manage North Carolina’s submerged heritage and historic connections to university maritime training centers such as the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and the Program in Maritime Studies at East Carolina University.
Thursday Reception:
North Carolina Underwater Archaeology Center, 1528 Fort Fisher Blvd S, Kure Beach, NC 28449