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Maritime Speaker Series Set at Door County Maritime Museum
By Door County Maritime Museum
Nov 9, 2011 - 8:48:54 AM
Washington Island is the topic of the first program.
The Door County Maritime Museum has announced its 2011-2012 Maritime Speaker Series program which will get underway Tuesday night, Nov. 29, and continue with Thursday evening programs running periodically January through March. The initial program on Nov. 29 will provide an excellent holiday shopping opportunity with the museum’s gift shop open for business and a book signing opportunity with the evening’s featured speaker Richard Purinton. Purinton, who serves as the CEO for the family-run Washington Island Ferry Line, will present a program about life on Washington Island during the winter months. An award-winning author, Purinton’s “Over and Back – A History of Transportation to Washington Island” earned an Award of Merit from the Wisconsin Historical Society after being released in 1991. More recently he authored “Words on Water – A Ferryman’s Journal” in 2009 and last year “Bridges Are Still News – Island Essays, Poems and Photos” was released. Programs will follow the first three Thursdays in January, February and March. On Thursday, Jan. 5, Ken Westcar will explain the work that went into the repowering of the 1,000-ft. ore carrier Edwin H. Gott at Bay Shipbuilding in Sturgeon Bay. Bay Shipbuilding retains center stage on Thursday, Feb. 2, when company personnel will be on hand to update the public on the activities going on at the yard. With 2012 being the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812, Door County Maritime Museum Executive Director Bob Desh will present a program on the war’s impact on the Great Lakes on Thursday, March 2. The series concludes on Thursday, March 29, with a program on the Museum’s hugely popular boat building program. All of the programs begin at 7 p.m. at the Sturgeon Bay museum. They are free of charge and open to the public with donations appreciated. For more information contact the Museum at 920-743-5958 or visit www.dcmm.org.
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