Event Description

     Join us for our 1st Annual  Pirate 5k Run/Walk/Adaptive Wheelchair (dress in pirate costume theme if you wish)

     Date:         Saturday, August 12, 2023

     Time:         07:30 am 5k Kicks off

                       Register on race day between 6:30-7:00am

     Location:  St. Luke’s Episcopal Church

                       315 North Cedar Street

                       Lincolnton, NC  28092

Packet Pickup:

Friday Aug 11th from 4-7pm
Saturday Aug 12th from 6:30-7am (At the Parrish house at St Luke’s)

Awards:
Overall Male and Female
1st place in each age group 
All kids receive a prize

Age Groups (Male and Female) 10 and under, 11-14, 15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75+

Deadline for guaranteed shirt: July 29th

     The second annual Pirate Week is scheduled for the week of August 7 through August 12, 2023.  Laffite researchers Ashley Oliphant and Beth Yarbrough are planning a full week of activities with events scheduled for each day, ending with a  day of fun at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church on Saturday, August 12.

   The full schedule for the week will be announced on June 15, 2023, on the author’s website at JeanLaffiteRevealed.com, so stay tuned.

     The first annual Pirate 5K Run/Walk/Adaptive Wheelchair, a part of the second annual Pirate Week, will begin on North Cedar Street in Lincolnton at Historic St. Luke’s Episcopal Church.  The church graveyard is the final resting place of Lorenzo Ferrier who may or may not be Jean Lafitte.

From St. Luke’s the runners will work their way to the Lincolnton Rail Trail at First Federal Park at East Pine Street crossing.

For more information pertaining to St. Luke’s please visit the church website.

https://www.stlukeslincolnton.com

St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Lincolnton, is a North Carolina non-profit 501 (c)(3) and donations may be tax deductible.

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ABOUT THE RAIL TRAIL:

     The Marcia H. Cloninger Rail-Trail, known locally as the Lincolnton Rail-Trail, is a 1.5-mile paved trail, and is especially popular with walkers, joggers, bikers, and parents pushing baby strollers. Benches line the route, inviting you to pause and take in this enchanting town and trail. The trail is maintained by the City of Lincolnton.

     The trail offers a chance to search the heart of this small Southern town, highlighted by a stately courthouse, model Main Street, thriving arts scene, and nearby lakes and mountains. Once an eyesore covered in kudzu and debris, the former Norfolk Southern Railroad corridor is now the pride and joy of “Lovable Lincolnton”.

For more information on the Lincolnton Rail Trail visit https://www.carolinathreadtrailmap.org/trails/trail/marcia-h-cloninger-rail-trail

ABOUT THE PIRATE:

"In 2021, a book entitled Jean Lafitte Revealed, Unraveling One of America’s Longest-Running Mysteries by Ashley Oliphant and Beth Yarbrough presents the theory that Jean Laffite, did in fact successfully change his name and live out the rest of his natural life, dying 1875 at the age of 96, under the pseudonym, “Lorenzo Ferrer” in Lincoln County, North Carolina. Ferrer is buried in a marked grave at Saint Luke's Episcopal Church in Lincolnton, North Carolina. The grave is commonly referred to as locals as “The Pirate’s Grave.” Whether or not the story is true, it would make for a great movie."

https://potus-geeks.livejournal.com/1456158.html

The Current:

"Laffite’s legend in Lincolnton involves a possible son by Louisa, an alleged murder at a plantation, an argument with another Frenchmen also living undercover and a sword with his initials hidden in plain sight."

https://thecurrentla.com/2021/a-pirate-gets-his-due