Exploring Wilmington NC-America’s First World War Heritage City (Part Two)

Battleship North Carolina aka ‘The Showboat’ to Hidden History at the Cape Fear Museum and USO Memories at the Hannah Block Community Center… In early August, I had the opportunity to spend two action-packed days exploring Wilmington’s World War II Heritage. Wilmington’s World War II heritage can be found throughout the city: from the mighty […]

Exploring Wilmington NC – America’s First World War II Heritage City (Part One)

My adventures learning about the Port City’s important WWII Heritage…Day One: Ships, U-Boats, Camp Davis and Coastal Breezes In this American Nomad Traveler adventure, we’re setting our time-traveling compass to the 1940s and wartime Wilmington. I’ll share the itinerary of my two-day adventure while providing resources to “recruit” you to plan your own historic journey […]

Route 1776: Celebrating America 250 at the NC First in Freedom Festival

In the early morning, fog often rises over the dense web of tangled pines and swampland as you walk through 250 years of history at Moores Creek National Battlefield, about twenty miles north of Wilmington. It was here, on February 27, 1776, that the first major Patriot victory of the American Revolution took place. It […]

Exploring The Cape Fear: A Revolutionary Road Trip

A Revolutionary Road Trip to the Cape Fear In today’s American Nomad adventure, we’re embarking on a Revolutionary Road Trip through North Carolina’s Cape Fear region. From the Stamp Act Crisis of 1765 through the American Revolution, Wilmington, Brunswick Town, and the greater Cape Fear area stood at ground zero for patriot resistance and the […]

Revolutionary Cape Fear: The Fires of Liberty (1767-1776)

In our last American Nomad Historical Adventure, we traveled back to 1765-66, during the pivotal Cape Fear Stamp Act Crisis. In the Fall of 1765 to the Spring of 1766, Wilmington and neighboring Brunswick Town were a hotbed of resistance against the despised British Stamp Act, which imposed a tax on all paper goods, from […]

Revolutionary Cape Fear: The Stamp Act Crisis

In this edition of American Nomad Traveler, we’re going back in time to circa 1765 in North Carolina’s Lower Cape Fear Region—a time of unrest, turmoil, and outcries for liberty against the despised Stamp Act of 1765. Whoever thinks history is boring certainly wasn’t in Wilmington in 1765. The Cape Fear Region was ground zero […]

Port of Call: Four Fun Days in Wilmington NC

Just a short two-hour jaunt down I-40 from my home base in Raleigh, Wilmington, North Carolina, has long been my favorite coastal escape. Recently, I had the incredible opportunity to spend four jam-packed days exploring this vibrant city and the surrounding Cape Fear region, and I discovered even more reasons why it’s a must-visit destination. […]

Must-See in Wilmington NC

Following our southeastern NC beach adventure from Wrightsville Beach to Ocean Isle, I thought it would be helpful to dedicate this post to fun things to do in the greater Wilmington NC area. Nestled on the banks of the Cape Fear River, and just a short drive from the Atlantic Ocean’s crystal shores, Wilmington offers […]