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July First Friday Social - Featuring America's Oldest Continuing Maritime Service

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July 6, 2012 @ 6:00pm
July First Friday Social - Featuring America's Oldest Continuing Maritime Service

   

   

The July First Friday Social features

Revenue Cutter Operations in the War of 1812

Cutter James Madison captures the armed British brig Shamrock on July 23, 1812 (Coast Guard Collection)
Museum members and their guests are cordially invited to our First Friday Social on July 6th, from 6:00 to 8:00pm, when we feature America’s oldest continuous maritime service - the United States Coast Guard.

Lindsay Cullen, Bates College Senior and CHMM InternBe sure you include this event in your busy Fourth of July week activities as we extend the focus of our current exhibition, War of 1812 - A New American Nation Under Fire, through the generous support of our sponsor Newburyport Five Cents Savings Bank.

On Friday we welcome Bates College Senior and Custom House Maritime Museum Intern, Lindsay Cullen, as our featured guest presenting Revenue Cutter Operations in the War of 1812.

Be certain you join us on our visit to this new and curious chapter in the long and complex history of the United States Coast Guard.

With summer in full swing, make it a point to join us as we celebrate Newburyport and America's remarkable maritime heritage.  Come meet other museum members, volunteers and directors.  Take this opportunity to invite a friend to introduce to the Custom House Maritime Museum and a relaxing evening of conversation, company and maritime discovery in the heart of downtown Newburyport.
 
For your refreshment, wine, beer and soft drinks will be served.Harpoon Brewery - Official beer of the Custom House Maritime Museum  This month, Sheila Mullins' famed Spice Trade Culinary Adventure takes us to the East Asia archipelago nation of -- Japan.  Not to be missed!

We proudly feature the great and distinctive beers of Harpoon Brewery, the official beer of the Custom House Maritime Museum.

War Of 1812 - A New American Nation Under Fire -- through July 15th at the Custom House Maritime Museum

PROUDLY SPONSORED BYNewburyport Five Cents Savings Bank
 
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