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Cannon Day at Fort Macon State Park event

Cannon Day at Fort Macon State Park

Fort Macon State Park, 2303 E. Fort Macon Road
  • Date: 9/5/2026
  • Starts: 10:30 AM
  • Ends: 3:30 PM

Watch black-powder artillery fire across Beaufort Inlet at this free living-history program. Interpreters explain how crews loaded, aimed, and fired each gun, and how coastal forts protected the North Carolina shoreline. Every session closes with a blank firing, and a different cannon takes the spotlight in most rounds.