Event Detail
Title
Pirate or Privateer? Battle on the High Seas, 1812
Date
Wed, August 26th 2009
Time
10:30 AM - 2 PM
Location
Navy Yard Metro: M Street Entrance
Description
Enjoy Ships Company, a living history organization, who will delight the crowd with sea chanteys and recreations of gun crew firing drills! Discover whta ship board surgery was like during the War of 1812, and how sailors lived aboard wooden warships.
Join historian Dr. Michael Crawfod as he uncovers the answer to the question: Pirate or Privateer?
Become a privateer! Children can take home their own Letter of Marque!
For more information call 202.433.6826 or visit the Naval History and Heritage Command's homepage at www.history.navy.mil
Cost
FREE
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