Celebrate our close association with the river and the sea at North Carolina's first official port, a place of customs collectors, trading ships, merchants, and - for a time- pirates. We will have lectures on the African American contributions as enlisted men in the Revolutionary War. See how rope was made and tar and pitch was produced to be used to keep the ships running. See how beer was brewed 200 years ago, learn healing skills from an apothecary, and watch thread being spun from wool and flax. Don't miss the musket firings!