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http://www.wral.com/entertainment/video/2804291/#/vid2804291 just found this video of kevin.

hey mates, we can't let a bunch of roller derby princess' beat a pirate. I can see the headlines now. pirate vs roller derby! we'll never live that one down! Ninjas are bad enough, now this! oh no sir, not on my watch!

Heirs: Reinter Salter at ‘Secotan’ The vestry at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Bath recently voted to allow the remains of purported pirate Edward Salter to be buried on church grounds, provided they be placed beneath a marker that would not list Salter’s name and date of birth. (WDN Photo/Jonathan Clayborne) By JONATHAN CLAYBORNE and BETTY MITCHELL GRAY Staff Writers Published: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 2:18 AM EDT BATH — The remains of a man believed to have been a member of Blackbeard’s pirate crew are scheduled to return to Beaufort County next month, but their final resting place has yet to be determined. The court-recognized heirs of alleged pirate-turned-wealthy-Bath-merchant Edward Salter have failed to convince the vestry at St. Thomas Episcopal Church that their ancestor should be buried with an identifiable marker on church grounds. Citing questions about the identity of the person whose remains were the subject of its deliberations, the vestry voted to allow the remains to be buried in the church cemetery, provided the marker would not list a name and date of birth. “This was, in our minds, the very best solution for everyone concerned,” said Father Eric Zubler, rector of the church. “We welcomed those colonial bones back with open arms. That’s just not an issue for us at all.” Some experts have questioned whether the bones are Salter’s, Zubler said. Pat Mansfield, a member of Zubler’s church and a history buff, disagreed with the vestry’s decision. Mansfield said much evidence points to the likelihood that the bones are Salter’s, and she highlighted the port village merchant’s involvement in the establishment of the church. “After all of this documentation and all this person’s contributions, they’re not going to be viewing Edward Salter and his contributions to Bath as a leader from 1720 to 1735 and also his very special relationship to St. Thomas Church,” she said of the vestry. Now, the heirs say they want the remains to be returned to the spot where they were unearthed — Bath’s Beasley Point, a site owned by PotashCorp, which has a phosphate-mining operation near Aurora. In addition to its widely recognized colonial-era components, some historians and archaeologists contend Beasley Point is the most likely candidate for the Secotan Indian village painted by English watercolorist John White on a 1585 expedition. A coalition of county officials, preservationists and others is hoping PotashCorp will allow further archaeological digs at the site. Salter’s heirs are waiting for permission from PotashCorp to have the remains reinterred at the site. “We ... wanted, in a very specific way, to make the remains available for the benefit of history and science and also to alert the public to preserving these kinds of things with dignity and discretion,” said the Rev. John Stephen Park, of Fort Wayne, Ind., one of the people identifying themselves as Salter’s heirs. “Even though my strong feelings for him are as a progenitor, I do feel he’s a public figure, and he doesn’t just belong to me, he belongs to the state of North Carolina,” Park said. The remains are scheduled to return to Beaufort County by Oct. 3. They will be temporarily interred in an undisclosed location while their final resting spot is determined, according to Raleigh researcher Kevin Duffus, whose longtime interest in the history of eastern North Carolina has helped determine the fate of the remains. Duffus believes that this same Edward Salter, a barrel-maker who died in 1735, may have been a member of Blackbeard’s pirate crew who escaped the noose and returned to settle in Bath. Salter went on to become a warden of St. Thomas Parish and an assemblyman representing Beaufort County in 1731. Salter once owned a plantation along Beasley Point, where the remains were unearthed in 1986 as part of a state-led archaeological investigation that preceded the bulkheading of the property. The bones of the man Duffus believes to be Salter ended up in Raleigh after what was then TexasGulf asked for permission to install the bulkhead on the west bank of Bath Creek. The remains have been sent to the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History for evaluation after a ruling earlier this year by Superior Court Judge Wayland Sermons ordered the state to search for Salter’s heirs and turn the remains over to those heirs. Paul Funeral Home of Washington, which delivered the bones to the Smithsonian, has volunteered to help with their disposition, a company official said Tuesday. Despite the lack of genetic evidence, Duffus and others are convinced that the remains are those of Salter. “There will never be any DNA test that will tell us the name of this person,” he said. “We would have to have the DNA of Edward Salter’s mother, for example, to compare to these remains to say conclusively that these remains were Edward Salter or a brother of Edward Salter.” Duffus said the evidence that the remains were Salter’s was sufficient to convince Sermons to order the state to turn those remains over to the next of kin. “You would have to say that the identification wasn’t in question to do such a thing,” he said. The forensic analysis of the remains at the Smithsonian has narrowed the potential place of birth of the individual to the upper Mid-Atlantic area — most likely the New Jersey region — which was the home of several members of the Salter family in the 17th century, Duffus related. The Smithsonian tests also indicate that the individual may very likely have been a barrel-maker, strengthening findings by state archeologists in 1986, Duffus said. The family will allow a small portion of bone to be retained and archived by the Smithsonian so that, in the future, when technology develops further, there may be genetic tests that can definitively link the remains to living descendants, Duffus said. Efforts to contact the Smithsonian were unsuccessful. Meanwhile, the identity of the remains of a black woman, uncovered along with those believed to be Salter, are still a mystery. The state did not receive a response to its advertisements asking for heirs to come forward and. as a result, those remains will continue to be housed in Raleigh. Tom Thompson, Beaufort County’s economic developer, is among the local officials advocating for the return of the remains to the county. “All I can say is he is a very prominent part of North Carolina history,” Thompson said, referring to Salter. “I think we need to do something suitable and appropriate.”

who are you. do we know you? hey mate, glad to see you back amongst us. how you doing?

i wonder how a camp box would look just sitting on top of another crate. mark them both up as shipping crates. Close the top one up and instant background?

I don't have my files in front of me but here are some common ones from virginia. fabric, animal hides/pelts, wood, pinetar, negroes, corn, wheat, iron ore, tobacco. imports- iron goods, china, sugar, molasses, furniture, household goods, etc...

hey pappa, great job. beautiful as always. thank you for heading across the countryside and then spending the time to put it all together.

i haven't been to a bad program yet from CW. I go to the woodworking and industrial trades ones though.

picked this up the other day. interesting insight. Had a problem downloading, but Mr. west had it fixed by mid day for me. good service

thanks gang. i've seen the picture, but have no idea what he actually looks like. i have not run across any physical descriptors. based on governor fletchers description, a pleasant swearing drunk... hmmmmm this will be a fun one to pull off. edit* hey foxe, where did you find the governors description- maybe i can start there for more info.

hey mates, i'm looking for actual transcripts and physical descriptions of thomas tew. anyone have any ideas or leads. i'm coming up with zippo so far. need it for a project in the spring.

Norfolk was the first time reenactors were placed inside the venue. It rocked, plus we had unrestricted access to the place with the lights on after hours. we just couldn't touch the cannons or take pictures we actually had kids insists on bringing their families back multiple times to see us. at almost $25 per, that ain't cheap! I'll never forget this one. Kid, like fourth gradeish, comes in week one, comes back week two and i remembered him. Week three he is there with his cousins from out of town, i hammed it up with him to impress his friends. As he's walking out the door, he says he'll see us next week as his school is coming back. Sure enough, in he comes leading the way telling everyone about his friend Sam. I ducked down the back hall and got into the tavern area. He comes up just talking away to me. His teacher thought I was one of the figures until i started talking to him. I tell ya, it was a very humbling experience to be in the exhibit alone portraying Sam. We had to do a lot of research to pull it off but it was worth every minute of it. Israel Cross was a dead ringer for Hedrick Quintor and young Mr. Merryweather rocked as John King. Can't thank the crews of the Archangel and Vigilant for helping out enough either!

oh how did i miss this thread. being one of four witness' to this event, it went something like this. "stagger, stagger, wobble, weave- ahhhh" <silence> the slight creak and snap of a line and then "THUD" i swear he never stirred, but he was snoring so we knew he was ok.

So what did ya think of it? *snicker** gotta love the treasure room! hey, did anyone hit the glass and set off the alarm? at norfolk, the glass was kept to a polish just for the entertainment value of watching people run into it! as soon as there were new face prints on the glass, in would come housekeeping and clean it up again.We were able to tell when excitable kids were likely to set off the alarm and I'd wait around the corner for them to do it, then in comes Capt. Bellamy wanting to know who was after his treasure. and no, your not supposed to take pictures inside the galleries! getting to portray Bellamy for six months was an absolute honor! I can share this one since we are outside the exhibit. Me with Rolf, the Nauticus coordinator. And yes, we took some historical liberties with the clothing and did away with the holywood clothing.

ahoy cap'n bob, at bo's request, I pinned his topic on La Belle. Both are a new thread and I'd like to see this one build independently. Eventually when the thread has been idle for a bit, would it be OK with you if I moved it to the pinned topic to keep La Belle related items together. This is a practice I've been doing for a while with Whydah and QAR to keep the info together and somewhat consistent.

I'm no musician or have any knowledge about such things, but i was present durring a conversation where a band had this very conversation. This band is comprised of Disney employees that go out under their own lable (ok dead give away, i know). anyhow, they do not play disney tunes away from the park for this very reason. Infact they were playing at a bar around midnight and noticed an individual VERY out of place- actually a lot of us noticed him, suit and tie with one of those dingleberry phone things hangin out his ear in a bar full of pirates. He paid his cover, walked to the room where the band was playing, looked around, stayed for maybe two songs and left. Didn't talk to anyone, didn't order a drink, just watched them for two songs and left, didn't see him the rest of the event. After the bar shut down, we all proceeded to a park and continued the festivities. The presence of the suit raised this very issue. The members census was that it could have been either a mouse or music industry employee who looks into these things as several other musicians they work with had recently had similar encounters. I think due to their employer status this may be an extreme view or situation, but just sayin..... edit* this gentleman was rather large and did not fit up the narrow spiral stairway in the front of the bar. he had to go out to the back patio and go up the straight stairs. he had to stop once on his way to catch his breath. a lot of work for him for two songs.

ok, i know what a portmanteau is but just how big was this thing to hold a saddle as well as all the gear- or am i just reading too much into this was all in it? I think we can also safely say if the spurs were ON the boots, they were not worn aboard ship. good find foxe

was it packed in ours? what sort of an edge?

sort of charley chaplain nostalga sitting there like that

arapahoe??? don't tell me- camp seagull?

hey pirate lily! looks great keep up the work.