Pirates, soldiers take over port of Bath
Published 11:39 am Monday, July 18, 2016
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From headbands to eye patches, there was plenty modern-day pirate representation at Pirates in the Port. (Vail Stewart Rumley/Daily News)
Colonial Governor Charles Eden (left) and his secretary, Tobias Knight, prepare to meet with Blackbeard (background), as the pirate approaches. (Vail Stewart Rumley/Daily News)
Children watch as Blackbeard and crew set sail from the state dock. (Vail Stewart Rumley/Daily News)
A young re-enactor gets his own close look at Blackbeard and crew setting sail. (Vail Stewart Rumley/Daily News)
British soldiers return to Bath after defeating Blackbeard. (Vail Stewart Rumley/Daily News)
Lt. Maynard (far right) and crew, played by the re-enactment group Devilmen of Cape Fear, return triumphant from their battle with Blackbeard at Ocracoke. The gentleman bringing up the rear is carrying Blackbeard’s head in his bucket. (Vail Stewart Rumley/Daily News)
An audience gathers on the grounds of the Palmer-Marsh House to watch the pirates’ trial. (Vail Stewart Rumley/Daily News)
Captain Brand prepares to lead the trial of Blackbeard’s surviving crew. (Vail Stewart Rumley/Daily News)
Pirates and their hunters took over the state dock Saturday at Bath’s annual Pirates in the Port event. Dozens of people took in the narrated story and re-enactment of Blackbeard taking his leave with crew from the shores of Bath Creek, along with his subsequent return — or his head’s return — with the British Lt. Maynard. A trial on the grounds of the Palmer-Marsh House followed. Also on the grounds of the Palmer-Marsh House were several living history displays, showing what cooking, medicine, weapons and more were like in the colonial period. Click on the arrows in the image above to view more photos of the historic event.