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Membership and Outreach Committee
Purpose: to develop and maintain SEMA membership and support for Ernestina, by maintaining www.ernestina.org, publishing Updates (newsletter) and conducting other outreach, including public relations and marketing activities.
What’s Up with Ernestina?
Come And Find Out!!! Saturday, August 22, 2015 3-6pm CAPE VERDEAN CULTURAL CENTER (CVANB) 1157 Acushnet Avenue New Bedford, MA Opportunities to Ask and to Share! 1982 Historical Panels! Videos and Photos! Fellowship and Fun! Music and Refreshments! And More……!!!!!! … Continue reading
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Ernestina-Morrissey and Cape Verdean Recognition Week
Ernestina-Morrissey was well represented during Cape Verdean Recognition Week Festivities. On June 30 the New Bedford Whaling Museum hosted a special event as SEMA President Julius Britto described his experiences being present at the formal transition to independence for Cape … Continue reading
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Cabo Verde — 40 Years after Independence
Where were you on July 5th, 1975? Julius Britto was in Praia, Cape Verde. Julius will take you to there to re-live the excitement of the first Independence Celebration of Cape Verde. You will be fascinated as he recounts his life-changing experiences … Continue reading
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A New History of Ernestina-Morrissey
On Saturday, June 13, Chester Brigham introduced his new book to an enthusiastic audience at Cape Ann Museum. Phoenix of the Seas :Ernestina-Morrissey State Ship of Massachusetts” is available at the gift shop at the Museum and at the New … Continue reading
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Here’s Where Ernestina-Morrissey Has Been
On a lovely summer evening the New Bedford Harbor Sea Chantey Chorus took the audience at the Seamen’s Bethel for a voyage by song, visiting the far reaches of the world’s oceans. AHA!’s Latitude and Longitude theme was a celebration … Continue reading
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Book launch at Cape Ann Museum
Phoenix of the Seas, by Chester Brigham The three-ocean, three-centuries saga of the Gloucester schooner Ernestina-Morrissey, State Ship of Massachusetts Please join us at the Cape Ann Museum, Saturday June 13 at 3:00 with a presentation by the author The … Continue reading
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Where in the World has Ernestina-Morrissey been?
The Seamen’s Bethel and the Schooner Ernestina Commission present Latitudes and Longitudes of Ernestina-Morrissey. Plotting then Singing! June 11 AHA! Seamen’s Bethel, New Bedford, MA 6 PM –For kids and kids at heart: Where in the World has Ernestina-Morrissey been? Where is she … Continue reading
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Just 7% Left to Raise for Ernestina-Morrissey Restoration Project!
We will see Ernestina-Morrissey sail again. I say that today not as a hope or a wish, but as a certainty. Thanks to your generous support, her next voyage will be as a fully restored ship, sailing from Boothbay to Buzzards … Continue reading
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The Ship of So Many Memories
Recently, Ernestina-Morrissey was visited by the family of Dr. Lamar Soutter who served on the crew of the 1935 voyage. Dr. Soutter later went on to become founding dean of the University of Massachusetts Medical School He also pioneered revolutionary filtration and … Continue reading
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Open Ship Enjoyed by All
DCR’s Seasonal Interpreter Leah Burns and Supervisor Paul Alexio hosted several Open Ships this summer along with SEMA volunteers. Childrens’ programs like “Something Fishy” a joint program of the New Bedford Whaling National Park and the Working Waterfront Festival visited … Continue reading
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