Pea Island documentary to be shown

Join the N.C. Aquarium on Roanoke Island in celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and Black History Month by the sharing of the Pea Island Crew, led by Richard Etheridge. The Crew was the first to be composed entirely of black men and proved to be one of the most courageous of the Life-Saving Service, the precursor of  today’s U.S. Coast Guard.

The movie will shown on Monday, January 16, and each Sunday in February at 1:30pm and is free to the public. Afterwards, view the in-house exhibit dedicated to the Pea Island Life-Savers, and visit the on-site memorial and gravesite of Richard Etheridge and his family. Warm up this winter with harrowing tales of courage and battles against the odds from Life-Saving Station #17. The North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island will feature showings of Rescue Men, the documentary that chronicles the story of the all black crew of surfmen who patrolled a section of the Outer Banks in the late 1800s up to 1947.

The Aquarium gift shop will also have memorabilia about the life savers available for purchase. (Courtesy www.obxCommonGood.org)