August 15th, 2010
Our fifth annual “American Heroes Day” was the biggest and best yet. Over 600 people officially attended, although many more joined events on the beach. It was a very successful fundraiser for the nonprofit Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station Historic Site & Museum which generates its own funding through admission tickets, gift shop sales and events like this. Equally important were the smiles, laughter, conversations, learning and appreciation that was going on all over the seven acre site all day long.
Sara Zimmerman, representing the Currituck Lighthouse table and display, summed it up this way: The event was well organized and the speaker (Capt. Anthony Popiel, USCG Commander Sector North Carolina) was great. I thoroughly enjoyed it. The beach rescue was great.”

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