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Living Voices of the Past returned in 2021 when ten Southport historical characters came to life at the Old Smithville Burying Ground. Coordinated by Dawn Drabble.

  The Remembrance of the Lost Pilots of Smithville and the 100th Anniversary of the Wilmington Cape Fear River Pilots [...]

Ten of Southport's River Pilots were lost in two severe storrms in the 1870s. The grieving town erected a monument so that those who came after would know of their heroism.

Please join us in congratulating the John N Smith Cemetery on its addition to the National Register of Historic Places. [...]