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Throughout the summer of 2007, the
400th anniversary of shipbuilding in Maine will be commemorated
and celebrated in many ways. Click here to see a
list, which will be updated as events are added. Come visit,
join in and be a part of history!
May
19—Christening of Aegis destroyer Sterett,
DDG 104, Bath Iron Works, Washington Street, Bath
at 11 A.M. Open
to the public beginning at 9 A.M. FMI: .biwchristening@gdbiw.com
May
19—Maine Maritime Museum: Half-price admission all
day. (9:30 to 5) MMM is located at 243 Washington Street
in Bath.
May
19—Portland Press Herald at Maine Maritime Museum,
12 noon to 4, “A Legacy of Ships” project: An
invitation to help tell the story of 400 years of shipbuilding
in Maine. If you have memories of shipbuilding, photos
or memorabilia that you would like to share, journalists
and others will be on hand at MMM to take notes or record
oral histories and to transfer your photos to digital images. Items
may appear on their website, www.pressherald.com/shipbuilding or www.MaineToday.com,
or in the newspaper series this summer. In November,
MMM will mount an exhibit using some of the materials gathered,
along with items from its collection.
May
26—Maine Maritime Museum: Opening of exhibit “Popham
Colony: The First English Settlement in New England,
1607-1608” (Members’ preview,
May 25, 5 to 7 P.M.) Curated by archaeologist Dr. Jeffrey
Phipps Brain, and created in cooperation with the Maine State
Museum, the exhibit shares the findings of ten years of archaeology
on the site of the English colony at Popham. Through
October 15. FMI: www.mainemaritimemuseum.org
May
29—Bath Iron Works Trolley Tours, Tuesdays
and Thursdays at 12:30, and Saturdays at 10 A.M., from May
29 to October 7. Departing from Maine Maritime Museum; can also be
combined with a one-hour boat cruise on the Kennebec to see
BIW from the river. (Boat cruises do not begin until
June 17). FMI: www.mainemaritimemuseum.org
May
31—Maine Maritime Museum: Popham Colony Lecture Series,
7 P.M. First of a series of lectures to be held on Thursdays
June 28, July 26, August 30, and September 27. “The
Real Popham Colony: History vs. Archaeology”, Dr. Jeffrey
Brain, leader of the archaelogical dig at Fort St. George,
Popham. FMI: www.mainemaritimemuseum.org
June
9—Sagadahoc Preservation, Inc.: House Tour in Bath’s
North End Historic District, 10 A.M. to 3 P.M. Visit
historic homes of architectural note in the City of Ships. Tour
begins at the Winter Street Center, 880 Washington Street. For
pre-sale ticket information, call (207) 443-2174 or
go to www.sagadahocpreservation.org
June
17—Maine Maritime Museum: Daily Boat Cruises at
12 noon and 2 P.M. Through September 3, with a less frequent
fall schedule from September 4 through October 8. Learn
about shipbuilding history and travel the river that has
carried thousands of Bath-built ships to the sea. FMI:
www.mainemaritimemuseum.org
June 25—Maine Boatshop
Tour: Richard Pulsifer, 1 P.M.:
Dick Pulsifer, one of the premier Maine builders of traditional
wooden boats, opens his shop for Maine Maritime Museum visitors
to see how a Casco Bay Hampton is built. Limited to
20, so best to register early! FMI: www.mainemaritimemuseum.org
June 25 & 26—Maine’s
First Ship: Annual Early Maine History Workshop for Teachers. Day One: Presentations
about, and field trips to, the Popham Colony site. Day
Two: Develop a classroom curriculum on the Popham Colony
to be offered on-line. FMI and registration: www.mainesfirstship.org
June 27—Windjammer
Days Cruise to Boothbay Harbor from Maine Maritime Museum,
10 A.M. to 4 P.M. Revisit
the days of wooden sailing ships as you view Maine’s
famous windjammer fleet under sail. FMI: www.mainemaritimemuseum.org
June 28—Maine Maritime Museum: Picnic in the Percy & Small
Shipyard at MMM, 5 to 7. (Also on July 12 & 26,
and August 16 & 30) Bring your family and friends,
pack supper or buy a picnic there and enjoy an evening of
themed crafts, games, activities and music along the banks
of the Kennebec. Theme tonight is the Popham Colony. FMI: www.mainemaritimemuseum.org
June 28—Maine Maritime
Museum: Popham Colony Lecture Series, 7 P.M.: “The Popham Colony in Context”,
John W. Bradford, researcher with Maine’s First Ship. FMI:
www.mainemaritimemuseum.org
June
30—Maine’s First Ship: Virginia Exhibit
opens at Maine Maritime Museum. Shipwright demonstrations,
activities and displays; through October. FMI and schedules:
www.mainesfirstship.org
July
1—Bath Heritage Days Parade, 1 P.M., downtown
Bath. Theme:
400 Years of Shipbuilding. Boat parade on Kennebec
River from Maine Maritime Museum past the downtown, 4 P.M. Fireworks
over the Kennebec, 9:15 P.M. FMI: www.visitbath.com
July
4—Independence Day Fireworks over the Kennebec,
9:15 P.M. FMI: www.visitbath.com; Fireworks
Cruise from Maine Maritime Museum from 8 to 10 P.M. FMI: www.mainemaritimemuseum.org
July
5—Phippsburg Historical Society Museum, Phippsburg
Center: Exhibit opens on Popham history. Open
weekdays from 1 to 4 P.M. until Labor Day. Museum is located
on Parker Head Road, just off Route 209.
July
11—Maine Maritime Museum: Brown Bag Lecture Series,
12 noon. Free lectures on maritime topics at noon on
Wednesdays July 11, 18 & 25, and August 1 & 8. Today’s
talk: “Fiddler’s Reach: Arrowsic’s Dangerous
Double Dogleg”, Michael Kreindler: tales and pictures
of the navigational hazards and aids on this stretch of river
with two opposed right-angle bends on the route from Bath’s
shipyards to the sea. FMI: www.mainemaritimemuseum.org
July 12—Maine Maritime Museum: Picnic in the Percy & Small
Shipyard at MMM, 5 to 7. Bring your family and friends,
pack supper or buy a picnic there and enjoy an evening of
themed crafts, games, activities and music along the banks
of the Kennebec. Theme tonight is Pirates! FMI: www.mainemaritimemuseum.org
July
18—Maine Maritime Museum: Brown Bag Lecture Series,
12 noon. “Recipes, History and Seafaring Lore”,
Jean Kerr and Spencer Smith. The authors of the cookbook Mystic
Seafood present maritime history through food! FMI: www.mainemaritimemuseum.org
July
25—Maine Maritime Museum: Brown Bag Lecture Series,
12 noon. “Leviathan—The History of American
Whaling”, Eric Jay Dolin, Ph.D. FMI: www.mainemaritimemuseum.org
July 26—Maine Maritime Museum: Picnic in the Percy & Small
Shipyard at MMM, 5 to 7. Bring your family and friends,
pack supper or buy a picnic there and enjoy an evening of
themed crafts, games, activities and music along the banks
of the Kennebec. Theme tonight is the Popham Colony. FMI: www.mainemaritimemuseum.org
July
26—Maine Maritime Museum: Popham Lecture Series,
7 P.M. “Trials and Tribulations of a Popham Artifact
Conservator”, Molly Carlson, a wood conservator. FMI: www.mainemaritimemuseum.org
July
28—Maine Maritime Museum: Songs of the Sea—Traditional
and Contemporary Shanties and Ballads, 7:30 to 9:30 P.M. A
benefit concert for the Bonyun Sea Music Endowment, to fund
musical and educational events at MMM. FMI: www.mainemaritimemuseum.org
August
1-- Maine Maritime Museum: Brown Bag Lecture Series, 12 noon.
“Women Pirates and Pirates’ Women: The Life and Times of Anne Bonny,
Mary Read and Calico Jack Rackam”, James Nelson, author, historian and
MMM educator talks about the amazing careers of renowned women pirates! FMI: www.mainemaritimemuseum.org
August
4 & 5—Maine Maritime Museum: A Weekend of Family
Camping and Activities at MMM to celebrate the arrival of
the English colonists at Popham in August, 1607. FMI: www.mainemaritimemuseum.org
August
8--Maine Maritime Museum: Brown Bag Lecture Series,
12 noon. “Black
Swan”, Christina Moore, author and sailor, shares her
maritime experience and talks about her novel—a nautical
journey of secrets, smuggling and murder.
August 16—Maine Maritime Museum: Picnic in the Percy & Small
Shipyard at MMM, 5 to 7. Bring your family and friends,
pack supper or buy a picnic there and enjoy an evening of
themed crafts, games, activities and music along the banks
of the Kennebec. Theme tonight is Pirates!. FMI: www.mainemaritimemuseum.org
August
18—Maine’s First Ship Annual Meeting,
Location to be announced. FMI: www.mainesfirstship.org
August
18—S.S. John W. Brown Living History Cruise,
7 A.M. to 6 P.M. Maine Maritime Museum offers a cruise
aboard the last operational troop ship of World War II, a
National Historic Ship. Transportation from Bath to
Portland harbor for a six-hour cruise with a live Big Band,
military and historical re-enactors, flybys by WWII aircraft
and meals. Limited numbers, so register early! FMI: www.mainemaritimemuseum.org
August
19—S.S. John W. Brown Adventure,
11 A.M. to 5 P.M. MMM offers a lecture by John Portela about
John W. Brown, for whom the famous Liberty Ship was named. A
labor organizer with ties to Bath, Brown is buried in Woolwich. Then
travel to Portland to visit the ship for a self-guided tour
of the last operational WWII troop ship, followed by a talk
at the Portland Harbor Museum on the construction of a remarkable
fleet of 244 Liberty Ships in South Portland by a consortium
that included BIW. FMI: www.mainemaritimemuseum.org
August
23-26--Popham 400th; Celebration of the Settlement of the
Popham Colony, Popham Beach—Parade, Band Concert, Public
Clambake, 17th Century Re-enactors; Fireworks. FMI: www.Popham400.org
August 30-- Maine Maritime
Museum: Picnic in the Percy & Small
Shipyard at MMM, 5 to 7. Bring your family and friends,
pack supper or buy a picnic there and enjoy an evening of
themed crafts, games, activities and music along the banks
of the Kennebec. Theme tonight is the Popham Colony. FMI: www.mainemaritimemuseum.org
August 30—Maine Maritime
Museum: Popham Lecture Series,
7 P.M. “English and Wabanaki Histories, 1600
CE”, Historian Tim Buckley discusses how two very different
cultures met and shaped each others’ experiences on
the coast of Maine in the 17th century. FMI: www.mainemaritimemuseum.org
September 27-- Maine Maritime Museum: Popham Lecture
Series,
7 P.M. “12,000 Years in Maine: Popham’s
Place in Maine History”, Bruce Bourque, Assistant Director
of the Maine State Museum, on how the Popham Colony fits
into the multi-millenia history of the region. FMI: www.mainemaritimemuseum.org
October 15—Maine Maritime Museum: Exhibit “Popham
Colony: The First English Settlement in New England,
1607-1608” closes. It
will re-open on November 10 at the Maine State Museum, Augusta.
November 5—Maine Maritime Museum: Opening of Exhibit, “A
Legacy of Ships: The 400th Anniversary of Shipbuilding
in Maine” Through June 2008. FMI: www.mainemaritimemuseum.org
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