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Our Museum, an affiliate member of the Council
of American Maritime Museums, is dedicated to preserving the heritage
of the maritime history of the lower Chesapeake Bay area and the
watermen who have plied their trade here for hundreds of years,
and the menhaden industry that has existed in Reedville for over
a century.
We accomplish this mission by acquiring, documenting
and displaying materials that are historically important to the
area's fisheries and the lives of the watermen, and to further
educational programs to interpret this maritime heritage.
Two
of our vessels, the skipjack Claud W. Somers and the
deck boat Elva C. are in the National Register of Historic
Places. This action speaks to the vital role that our local heritage
– the heritage we work so hard to preserve – plays
in this nation's history.
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Preserving
The Watermen's
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Acknowledgements:
Photos by Robert Lunsford, Starke Jett, Paul Kimball, Paul Deleo, Tom
Ryals, Bob Wilson, Marianne Miller and Jay Rohmann.
Sketches by George Frayne.
Copyright
2002-09 - Reedville Fishermen's Museum PO Box 306
504 Main Street Reedville, VA 22539
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