This Saturday, April 15, the CSS Neuse II will host its first “Breakfast on the Boat” for 2023. The Neuse II sits in dry dock at the corner of Herritage and Gordon Streets where it draws thousands of visitors each year.
All tagged the gunboat boys
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.
Mike Parker: 'Breakfast on the Boat’ once again kicks off fun-filled Saturday
For the fifth year the CSS Neuse Foundation is joining efforts with Ironclad Races, Inc., to promote a half marathon, a 5K race – and Breakfast on the Boat.
The Gunboat Boys set to kick off reading program
The Kinston-Lenoir County Public Library is hosting an adult summer reading program.