Pirates and Privateers concluded the 2020 season this past Friday morning. Despite dealing with the COVID-19 crisis, the program run by the Fairhaven Office of Tourism took place every Friday morning. The fun interactive presentation included a demonstration firing of a black powder swivel cannon, a demonstration of early medical practices and and stories of pirate lore enhanced by local true stories. Be sure to look for them next year in June when the program restarts.
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- Caleb the powder monkey demonstrates firing the black-powder swivel cannon during the final Pirates & Privateers presentation of the season hosted by the Fairhaven Office of Tourism on Friday, 9/25/20, at Fort Phoenix in Fairhaven. Photo by Glenn C. Silva.
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- The mateys strike a pose at the final Pirates & Privateers of the season on 9/26/20 at Fort Phoenix in Fairhaven L-R: Abby Black the doctor (Erin Hedges), Greybeard Boggs the gunner (Christopher Richard), and Caleb the powder monkey (Jordan Richard). Photo by Glenn C. Silva.
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- Greybeard Boggs peers through the looking glass during the final Pirates & Privateers presentation of the season hosted by the Fairhaven Office of Tourism on Friday, 9/25/20, at Fort Phoenix in Fairhaven. Photo by Glenn C. Silva.
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- Greybeard Boggs explains how the British came from behind to take the Fort in the 1700s during the final Pirates & Privateers presentation of the season hosted by the Fairhaven Office of Tourism on Friday, 9/25/20, at Fort Phoenix in Fairhaven. Photo by Glenn C. Silva.
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- Caleb the powder monkey explains the use of the cannons during the final Pirates & Privateers presentation of the season hosted by the Fairhaven Office of Tourism on Friday, 9/25/20, at Fort Phoenix in Fairhaven. Photo by Glenn C. Silva.
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- Abby Black the doctor (RIGHT), holds a saw to demonstrate on Greybeard Boggs (who is clearly preparing for the pain) what happened if you got a bullet in the arm in the 1700s: “Well, they just amputated the arm off by cutting the bone with a saw.” Photo by Glenn C. Silva.
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- Abby Black the doctor shows how they would have removed a bullet from the abdomen during the final Pirates & Privateers presentation of the season hosted by the Fairhaven Office of Tourism on Friday, 9/25/20, at Fort Phoenix in Fairhaven. Photo by Glenn C. Silva.
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