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Sail On, NLMS! Photo, above: We gathered our trustees to celebrate NLMS's 40th! | |
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What's Up at the Custom House
June 18, 2023
Photo: Suzy Boada whipped up our 40th anniversary cake!
We're open Wed., 1-5 PM, Thurs. 1 to 5 PM, Fri., 1 to 5 PM,
Sat. 1 0 AM to 5 PM, Sun. 1-5.
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Please contribute to the New London Maritime Society.
Monday is JUNETEENTH!
The people of Texas are informed that in accordance with a Proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves, and the connection heretofore existing between them becomes that between employer and hired laborer.
--Gordon Granger Union General, June 19, 1865
We love our sponsors - Chelsea Groton Foundation - Community Foundation of Eastern CT - State of CT - CT Humanities - CT Department of Economic and Community Development, Office of the Arts - Eleven+ - Frank Loomis Palmer Fund - Maco Family Fund - Robinson+Cole, Veolia--NL Water Authority.
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Tuesday, June 20, 1:30 PM
JIBBOOM CLUB #1
Matthew Male, Islandkeeper:
Stories from a lifetime infatuation
with island living
In June NLMS trustee Matthew Male tells the story of the Diving Bell he and his brothers made and used as youthful underwater explorers, and the story of The evacuation of the Great Gull Island Crew to New London during
Hurricane Bell in the 1970s.
Matt will also talk and show photos of his project: A Sense of Place (observations and photos from relatively easily accessible places with a view over time).
Since the dawn of time we have watched our surroundings, whether watching for danger, looking for food, or just watching the beauty or activity around us, humans have observed from the same locations over and over. We are drawn to vantage points, homes with spectacular views command a premium. We value windows with a view in workspaces, porch and scenic overlooks to front row or balcony seats at concerts and events. We like to watch. As we journey through our lives, we remember views we have had. With the advent of artistic renderings and photographs, and films we capture and record these views we are drawn to ,and share them with others.
Matthew will talk about several of his “Watch “ locations ,offshore and some of his favorite Connecticut spots, as well as photos over time in those places. Come and enjoy the view.
Jibboom is not a 'club' but a friendly gathering of people interested in maritime subjects. Please come and bring a friend. We'll bring refreshments!
Generously sponsored by the Maco Family Fund.
Matthew Male has worked for the American Museum of Natural History’s Great Gull Island Project for 49 years,working the waters at the Eastern part of Long Island Sound. He worked with the Norwalk Aquarium studying the diet of Harbor Seals and has worked with seabirds his entire adult life. Currently Matt is employed by The University of Rode Island, The Audubon Shop in Madison CT, and The Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center in Old Saybrook.
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Wednesday, June 21, 11 AM to 7 PM
Make Music Day! is the best day of the year-- and not just because it's the first day of Summer. Plan on coming down to the Custom House. We have performers & cookies from 11 AM 'til 7 PM. It's FREE!
150 Bank Street, New London
11:00AM - 12:00PM Those Guys Folk, Americana / Bluegrass, Blues
12:15PM - 1:00PM Hugh and Dana Americana / Bluegrass, Folk, Rock
3:00PM - 3:45PM New Day Rockers Folk, Rock
4:00PM - 4:30PM Southeastern CT Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble World, Classical, Brass
5:00PM - 6:00PM Double the Dial Rock, Indie-Rock, Folk
6:00PM-6:30 PM Byrd StayLow Hip-Hop, R&B, reggae
6:30PM - 7:00PM The Mystic String Quartet Classical, Other
Photo, above: Byrd StaLow at 2022 Make Music Day.
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most weekends this summer
Explore Inside Ledge Light
Come on -- climb up into the lantern room at Ledge Lighthouse!
Take a 15-minute boat ride from the New London waterfront to reach the lighthouse, explore the light for about one hour, then return home.
Tour the area's lighthouses with the one who knows them best. There is every variety of lighthouse within reach of our harbor and the New London Maritime Society owns three of them! On the boat out, view nearby lighthouses and learn their stories, then land at New London Ledge Light and explore inside all the way up to the top.
Thanks to a grant from the New London Water Authority, tickets for New London public school students and their family members are just $5, each.
Visit Ledge Lighthouse
Photo: A crew went out to scrape, paint and clean -- just for you! Ledge Light Foundation president Bruce Buckley (peach cap) and long-time volunteer Phil Medbury (grey cap) ran the show, with recruits Martin Bobenski (red cap), Rock Charles (cap free), and Al Doucette (tan).
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every Saturday & Sunday at 11:45 or by appointment.
Visit Inside New London Harbor Lighthouse in June!
We give tours up into the lantern room all year-round!
Visit Inside New London Harbor Lighthouse July through September!
Tickets now are available for dates July through September, 2023!
Thanks to a grant from Veolia - the NL Water Authority, we again can offer $5 tickets to visit inside both Harbor and Ledge Lighthouses to New London public school children and their family members! Sign up now for tickets for all Harbor Light tours July through September, 2023.
Harbor Light visits take 40 minutes. Book a tour for up-to five people: click to sign up online, or email to schedule a custom tour during the week. Tickets are $35, $30 for NLMS members, $25 youth through age 18.
In the lantern room last Sunday. Photo, above: Estlin Davies-Smith
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next Sunday, June 25, 6-9 PM
Open Mic at the Museum
Open Mic meets from 6-9 PM on the last Sunday of the month at the beautiful Custom House Maritime Museum. Anything goes -- you never know who will stop in! Photo, above: May's Memorial Day weekend Open Mic.
Hosted by the very talented Kenny 'Doc' Frasier with NLMS trustee Christina Corcoran, we welcome musicians, poets, story tellers, and friends who want to be inspired. We never know what to expect but it is always totally awesome!
Come to perform or to listen! This is a great event for all ages. Admission by donation.
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This week at the Custom House...
It was the best of times this week at the Custom House. Tuesday's 40th anniversary trustee celebration was simply wonderful! Past, present, & honorary trustees showed up in force to toast NLMS. Trustee Adrianna Bates concocted a truly splendid meal for us all; trustee Lloyd Beachy, the last standing of NLMS's three original incorporators, gave a rousing speech; baker Suzy Boada came through with an amazing cake. It was quite a party. No one wanted to go home (see photo, above)!
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Far-flung trustees relayed their congratulations. Honorary trustee Nicholas E. Hanke, MEP, NREMT, wrote: Please pass on my best wishes to Trustees and Staff, as well as my heartfelt appreciation for all of their tireless efforts to maintain and foster the awareness and history of our maritime heritage, as well as U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s and the former U.S. Customs Service’s legacy in southern New England.
We had two new volunteers to assist us, Mohisha Prasad and Ashlyn Autrey.
See photos, below. We have many more on Facebook.
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This week Christina Corcoran was back with the third graders from Nathan Hale for year-end field trips. They visited Fort Griswold and Fort Trumbull! Photos, below. | |
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Photo: Wet rafters in the attic.
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...
You'll remember that in late December the custom house roof failed. We received a terrific grant of seed money from the Palmer Fund, which we then used to apply for a $500,000 state grant. We passed the first round. But last week we learned we did not receive the grant. The news is pretty devastating.
--Susan Tamulevich
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Photo, above: Annie Humphryville and Ellen McGuire stopped by the lighthouse this week.
We're online & on Facebook!
Photo, above: HL Harborcam catches the sunset June 15, 7:45 PM.
Photo, below: Bruce Buckley, David Henry, Phil Medbury and friends were out early Thursday morning reworking on the landing at Ledge Lighthouse for summer tours.
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View Online Exhibitions of New London Maritime History from the Custom House Maritime Museum's Frank L. McGuire Library.
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Facebook the Custom House SHOP for gifts with an extra feel good factor -- when you shop with us your purchases support our exhibitions, & educational programs.
Photo: The view at Ledge Light.
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We're on Instagram! @nlmaritime. Photo: New scarves and aprons now in the Shop!
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