Join us for a presentation by Dr. Mark Wilde-Ramsing, an archaeologist with the NC Division of Archives and History/Underwater Archaeology Branch from 1978 to 2012, about two of North Carolina’s most important shipwreck sites.

Dr. Wilde-Ramsing's first investigation took place in the mid-1970’s on the banks of the Cape Fear River at Wilmington. The discovery was the Nuestra Senora se Regla, a ship that later became the USS Commodore Hull. The second: Blackbeard’s Queen Anne’s Revenge one of the most significant archaeological discoveries of modern times. Dr. Wilde-Ramsing will present a fascinating look at the people and histories of their times and the efforts archaeologists have undertaken to reveal how and what their physical remains add to each vessel’s narrative.

Tuesday, October 5, 2021