The 1812 Daughters will hold their June 6th Meeting at 11:00 at the Southport Community Center Annex, which is next to the Southport Library on Moore Street. The guest speaker will be Andrew E. Duppstadt; Program Development & Training Officer, Historic Weapons Program Coordinator, Interpretive & Training Services Section, which is in connection with NC Division of State Historic Sites located in Queen Street, Kinston, NC. Andrew Duppstadt’s topic of discussion will be “North Carolina’s War of 1812 Naval Heroes: Johnston Blakely and Otway Burns.” After the meeting, speaker and lunch we will all go to the Maritime Museum, which is next to Fort Johnston for a tour.
Our 1812 chapter, under the direction of President, Betsy Hamer has had a unanimous response from all the daughters who would like to donate a Fort McHenry 15 stripe flag to the museum, They are looking at a 3 x 5 sewn cotton flag. It could be displayed on a wall, hung with the other flags or posted on a stand. While Fort Johnston did not see military action during the War of 1812, it was a base for the militia and the privateers did patrol our coast.
