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Dedication of the Stede Bonnet
Historical Highway Marker
Press
Release
September 1, 2008 – Southport,
North Carolina (NC) - Join the Friends
of the
Southport Maritime Museum for the dedication of the Stede Bonnet
Historical Highway Marker on Friday, September 26 at 12 noon. The
marker is located on Ferry Place, near the
Southport-Fort Fisher Ferry gift shop. A reception will follow
at the Maritime Museum located at 116 N. Howe Street in
Southport.
To reserve a place at the reception, call 910-457-0003.
Stede Bonnet was nicknamed
"the gentleman pirate". Colonel William Rhett of Charleston, SC, led
the expedition that captured Bonnet on September 26, 1718 in the
Smithville harbor. Bonnet was hanged in Charleston in December,
1718.
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