Tomorrow the 22 surviving members of the original crew of the Battleship North Carolina will visit the ship in celebration. A ceremony will be held with the Azalea Queen to honor the crew.
“It is an honor to have these gentlemen onboard again," said Captain Terry Bragg, the executive director of the ship.
The crew will celebrate the 70th anniversary of the ship earlier than normal to coincide with the Azalea Festival. The normal reunion weekend for the ship's survivors is in May.
Battleship Marketing Director Heather Loftin expects more than 300 people to attend the free event tomorrow at 2 p.m. The event is open to the public.
“A lot of people like the opportunity to shake the hands of the original crew,” Loftin said.
The Azalea Queen, Heather French Henry, will make a presentation to the original crew to thank them for their service. Robin Cox of Eat Dessert First will serve a replica cake of the Battleship North Carolina at the event.
“It’s huge. She’s gone into some pretty neat detail with it,” Loftin said of the cake that is so large it requires two 8-foot tables for preparation. Loftin said that in the 1940s replica cakes of the ship were a popular tradition to honor the servicemen.
The Azalea Festival begins today at 3 p.m. with the queen’s coronation at Riverfront Park. This year the Battleship is honoring both its 70-year anniversary in operation and its 50-year anniversary docked here in Wilmington.
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