by Jessica Barnes | December 9, 2019 | News & Events, Preserve History, Wright Brothers
This month we are excited to once again celebrate a historic day alongside your OBX national parks and the First Flight Society! On December 17, 1903, two brothers from Ohio made history right here in the Outer Banks. By the time Orville and Wilbur Wright arrived in...
by Jessica Barnes | November 22, 2019 | Cape Hatteras, Support
Legend has it the Ocracoke ponies arrived here with shipwrecked explorers in the 16th or 17th century, and they’ve called the island home ever since. While many of these early ponies were claimed by residents, some were left to roam wild. The National Park Service...
by Jessica Barnes | November 22, 2019 | Advance Science, Cape Hatteras, News & Events
Your OBX national parks are garnering national attention this week. Cape Hatteras National Seashore is one of ten sites featured in a new national report by The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF), a nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C., that serves to...
by Jessica Barnes | November 21, 2019 | Cape Hatteras, Fort Raleigh, Support, Wright Brothers
The holiday season is here and you’ve probably been hearing about Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals, but have you heard about Giving Tuesday? If you’re not familiar, Giving Tuesday is an online day of giving celebrated each year around the world after Black...
by Jessica Barnes | November 19, 2019 | Donor Stories, News & Events, Support
I first visited the Outer Banks with my parents as a very young child in 1964. My favorite vacation memory, however, is June 1999. I had just completed private pilot training in Chesapeake, Virginia. My first flight as a private pilot was to First Flight Airport...
