Posts Tagged ‘historical’
PT Boats and the Story of PT 109 -FREE zoom talk!
Join us as CCMM’s Executive Director, Elizabeth York, discusses patrol torpedo boats, and PT 109, the naval patrol boat skippered by John F. Kennedy in World War II. This free…
Read MoreThe History, Mysteries, and Myths of Nantucket Lightship Baskets
Join us for an overview of this iconic craft, and some of its most important artisans. Find out why defining a lightship basket is more difficult than it would seem!…
Read MoreWinslow Lewis and the US Lighthouse Establishment
In the early 19th century, Wellfleet native Winslow Lewis wielded significant power in the U.S. Lighthouse Establishment. Neither an engineer nor scientist, Lewis was rather a contractor whose designs prioritized…
Read MoreSummer Author Series
July 14th – James Graham, Victura: The Kennedys, a Sailboat and the Sea. Winner of the Chicago Book Review’s Best Books of the Year (2014), Graham’s book illuminates our new…
Read MoreSummer Author Series
July 14th – James Graham, Victura: The Kennedys, a Sailboat and the Sea. Winner of the Chicago Book Review’s Best Books of the Year (2014), Graham’s book illuminates our new…
Read MoreSummer Author Series
July 14th – James Graham, Victura: The Kennedys, a Sailboat and the Sea. Winner of the Chicago Book Review’s Best Books of the Year (2014), Graham’s book illuminates our new…
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