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Not much to say really, but it is a day for reflection about many things related to war, world peace, American sacrifice, veterans and family.
Here’s a great website for a lot of information about one of the most historic invasions in the history of the world. American Experience/D-Day on pbs.org.

The story of famed pirate ship Whydah and its ill fated captain, Sam Bellamy has once again surfaced and captured our imaginations. OK, mine at least. This time, at the Cincinnati Museum Center in Ohio, from June 2007 to January 2008.
The exhibit, named Real Pirates: The Untold Story of the Whydah from Slave Ship to [...]

Not one to pass up a salty good story involving local nautical history, I want to share this news item about Graham McKay, a 1997 Amesbury High School graduate.
The Newburyport Daily News reports that McKay, studying marine archaeology at the University of Bristol, England, is investigating the ruins of a ship that is half submerged [...]

It has recently been discovered that the whaleship Essex, who’s misadventure and destruction by a sperm whale in the Pacific Ocean inspired Herman Melville to write Moby Dick, was built in Amesbury, Mass.

According to a recent article in the Newburyport Daily News, Steve Klomps, the Peabody Essex Museum’s director of finance and a homeowner in [...]