Event Schedule
Friday, October 17, 2025 - 5 pm to 9 pm
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Watch night-time Cannon Firings on Contentnea Creek
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Tour the Grifton Museum
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Fellowship around the campfires within the Civil War Encampments
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Enjoy Concessions available on the grounds
Saturday, October 18, 2025 - 9 am to 5 pm
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All Day Events include:
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Civil War and Colonial Encampments
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Black Beard History Presentations,
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Tours of the Grifton Museum and Indian Village
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Fossil pit activities
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Blackbeard the Pirate (Beaufort Pirate Invasion)
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Tuscarora Indians
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Children's Activities
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Rope making, Soap making, old tractors and engines, blacksmithing, primitive technologies, and much more.
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Speakers to be announced as confirmed
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Event Speakers
Roger Kammerer
Roger Kammerer
9:30am - 10:30pm
After being born in Nebraska to a Marine Corps family, Roger came to Swansboro, N. C. with his family before first grade. After growing up in this small Southern coastal town, he graduated from Swansboro High School in 1974. Roger garnered recognition for his artistry early and after winning a scholarship in art, attended the art school at East Carolina University.
Almost from the start of his career he became known for his brushwork and beautiful color in his paintings. Besides art, Roger has had a long interest in local history and genealogy. Under the tutelage of the late Tucker Reed Littleton, noted NC historian and friend, Roger gained research skills, which has led to an “unexpected” writing career. In 1984, was asked to write a local history column for a Greenville entertainment newspaper. His historical writing has led to numerous articles, over a dozen books and several awards. Many people know Roger as a local historian who gives an annual walking tour of downtown Greenville for the Pitt County Historical Society.
He was honored in 2006 when he received the “Robert Lee Humber Award” from the City of Greenville Historic Preservation Commission for his contributions to the understanding of Greenville’s heritage. An avid genealogist, Roger has given innumerable talks on local and North Carolina history all over North Carolina and has given numerous genealogy and local history classes all over eastern North Carolina. He has been president of the Pitt County Family Researchers, a local genealogy group, for nearly 30 years. He was also editor of the award winning “Pitt County Genealogical Quarterly” for 23 years and still puts out an biennial Pitt County genealogical magazine. He is very aware of places and family names in eastern North Carolina and where you might go to find information on them.
Lynn Bull
Lynn Bull
3:00pm - 4:00pm
David Rahahę́·tih Webb
David Rahahę́·tih Webb
1:30pm - 2:30pm
David Rahahę́·tih Webb is an award-winning author, artist, conservationist, scientist, and historian- rooted in the Tuscarora Nation of North Carolina (Kahtenuaka Territories) where he serves as a community leader. He is a traditional and contemporary Native American artist and recipient of the Artist in Residence in Everglades fellowship in 2024.
A lifetime environmental educator, David brings three decades of professional experience and two decades of nonprofit business leadership to his current role as executive director of Muddy Sneakers Outdoor Classroom. Previously, David was CEO of The Wonder Gardens—a historic zoological park, and director at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida Nature Center, Miami-Dade County’s environmental education, ecotourism programs, and the county’s sea turtle protection program. He also led teams at regional museums, gardens, and aquariums, and taught public school science. He serves on the Board of Advisors for the Global Indigenous Forum Center at FIU.
David wrote the award-winning book, The Spanish Seminole: The Untold History of the Spanish Indians as Shared by a Descendant. His newest book, Indigenous Carolinians: A History from Original Peoples to Present-Day Tribes, is set for release by McFarland and Company. Additionally, David is co-author of Working Together: The Significance of Protocols of Engagement Between Indigenous Peoples and Universities, featured in Handbook of Traditional Spirituality and Sustainability. His traditional Native American art in sculpture, beadwork, textiles, and other mediums has been featured in museum exhibits and collections throughout the eastern United States.