This Saturday, April 20, the CSS Neuse II will host its first public “Breakfast on the Boat” for 2024. “Breakfast on the Boat” is one of the Neuse Foundation’s smaller fundraisers to help raise money to support the Neuse II.
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Mike Parker: On April 17 support the Neuse II and make Mom happy
The year 2020 was rough on attendance aboard the CSS Neuse II, a full-scale replica of the original Confederate Ram once housed on the Neuse River at Kinston. In 2017, 2018, and 2019 the replica gunboat drew more than 5,000 visitors each year. In 2020, roughly one-third of that number visited the gunboat.
Neuse Foundation seeks support for Sept. 11 ‘Wings Over the Neuse’
Like many local businesses and organizations, the CSS Neuse Foundation has been hit hard by fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. The CSS Neuse II, the replica of the original CSS Ram Neuse ironclad, has been essentially closed from April through July.
Catch the Christmas spirit in downtown Kinston
A Kinston Christmas will be held on December 6th & 7th.
Mike Parker: Come fly with the Neuse II during ‘Wings’ on Friday, Sept. 13
The second Friday in September has become fixed … sort of … as the date for “Wings Over the Neuse.” “Wings” is the single largest fund-raiser each year for the CSS Neuse Foundation, caretaker of the full-size replica of the CSS Ram Neuse.
Mike Parker: ‘Wings Over the Neuse’ seeking sponsors
Popular fundraiser is seeking sponsors to support the CSS Neuse II.
Mike Parker: One great reward of working on the CSS Neuse II
On Saturday, July 13, I was working as a docent on the CSS Neuse II. In times past, tour guides, aka docents, took people through the replica and told about the history and life of sailors in the 1860’s. As foot traffic has picked up through the years, the Neuse Foundation installed signs that give information guides shared on the tours.
The Gunboat Boys set to kick off reading program
The Kinston-Lenoir County Public Library is hosting an adult summer reading program.
Jane Phillips: The Washington Family Dynasty of Kinston, NC - Part 1
Learn about John Washington, who may have been the father of the most illustrious children ever born into a family in Kinston, North Carolina.
Mike Parker: The miracle of the Neuse II depends on your support
On Friday, Nov. 2, the CSS Neuse Foundation will host its rescheduled “Wings Over the Neuse,” the foundation’s single largest annual fundraiser. Sales and delivery will begin at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 2, and continue until all wings have flown the coup.
Wings over the Neuse postponed as Hurricane Florence nears
The board of directors of the CSS Neuse Foundation announced Tuesday that the “Wings Over the Neuse” fundraiser set for Friday has been postponed.