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Shell table decorations were made by the bride and family members. NC Aquarium at Fort Fisher is just a short distance from the Historic Site. Shells on the cake are hand-crafted white chocolates from Carolina Candy Company.
Ring-bearer Grayson Bond explores one of the site's distinctive Maritime Forest trees.
Guitarist Marc Siegel
Marc Siegel
 
Amanda McDaniel and Brent Holloman were married on the oceanfront at Fort Fisher.
  Photo by Millie Holloman
  
 
On a narrow strip of sand between the Atlantic
Ocean and Cape Fear River stands Fort Fisher
 		 
 
Fort Fisher is a unique location on North Carolina’s coast. Not only does it have the only natural rock outcropping -- mostly hidden by the artificial seawall built to protect the historic site form erosion -- but it is also has the only wooded area directly on the seashore anywhere in the Tar Heel State.
    Those trees have made Fort Fisher a favorite for romantic outdoor weddings. On Sept. 1, 2006, Amanda McDaniel married Brent Holloman in the grove, which is part of the State
  
    Historic Site.
    A reception followed at the N.C. Aquarium, just a few hundred yards down U.S. 421.

  
Photos courtesy of
Amanda Caldwell
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Shell table decorations were crafted by Lisa Casalena, the bride’s mother; by Julia Holloman, the groom’s mother; and by the bride. Shells on the cake are hand-crafted white chocolates, from Carolina Candy Company. The newlyweds enjoy each other’s company -- and the fish -- during the reception at the North Carolina Aquarium.
   
 

Boutonnieres were made of shells.

Boutonniers were made from shells. Ring-bearer Grayson Bond, the bride’s cousin, explores one of the distinctive Maritime Forest trees. A small stand of them is just outside the fort’s historical area.
   
    A small stand of trees is just outside the fort's historical area.

    
 
    Flowers were by Wendy Wright of A Beautiful Event.
Wendy Wright of A Beautiful Event did the floral designs.
Brent Holloman's groomsmen stand by Fort Fisher's distinctive trees.
Groom Brent Holloman’s attendants stand by the grove
that gives the Fort Fisher oceanfront its unique shade.

Wedding site: Fort Fisher State
    Historic Site.
Reception site: North Carolina
    Aquarium at Fort Fisher
Flowers: Wendy Wright of
    A Beautiful Event floral design.
Ceremonial music: Marc Siegel
Caterer: Angie’s Catering
Cake: Danny’s Pastry Shop
Shell candies: Carolina Candy Co.
Photography: Millie Holloman and
    Amanda Caldwell
 
 
Civil War re-enactors Bobby Ward (left) and Marshia Ward of Whiteville reaffirmed their marriage vows at the Fort Fisher battlefield in January 2006.
Photo by Erin Whittle/EW Photography for Cape Fear Coast Convention & Visitors Bureau
  As the site of a major Civil War battle, Fort Fisher draws its share of history buffs and re-enectors.
    Two of them, Bobby Ward (left) and

  Marshia Ward of Whiteville, reaffirmed their marriage vows in period costumes during the battle anniversary at the Historic Site in January 2006.
 		 
Weddings to go down in History

Future 'Cape Fear Wedding' publisher Kate Meyer on her wedding day, May 16, 1987, at Fort Fisher, with stepdaughter Robin Meyer.
   Kate Meyer on the natural rock outcropping at Fort Fisher, May 16, 1987.
      A different kind of history was made two decades ago next spring, when the future publisher and editor of 'Cape Fear Wedding,' Kate and John Meyer, were married on May 16, 1987 on the   oceanfront at Fort Fisher. The flower girl was John's daughter Robin Meyer.
    Robin is grown up now. To see her August 2006 wedding, Go to Bellamy Mansion feature.
 		 
 
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