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The Shipment of the Spectacle – An Editorial Reflection of Independence Day
Growing up on the Connecticut shoreline, with Mystic Seaport practically in our backyard, we were spoiled when it came to maritime history. We knew the water, and we all had boats. But boats are not ships. In the summer of 1976, looking out from the Westbrook coast, the horizon was swallowed by a fleet. It…