raising large families and holding down jobs and tending home and hearth while their husbands and sons were away at sea. The 10-foot-by-14-foot photos, mounted on the side of the building at the end of the wharf, were not intended to stay there indefinitely, but they held up relatively well over the years and became iconic to the town's waterfront. While they have lasted much longer than anyone anticipated (Holt died in 2013), the weather has
faded them to the point that they either needed to be removed or replaced. Jennifer Cabral, whose family owns Fisherman's Wharf, started an online fundraising campaign at GoFundMe.com to pay for the photos to be reprinted and raised the $12,000 required to do the job in just a few hours, assuring the success of the project. A volunteer archivist scanned the negatives, and the digital scans were sent to Seaport Graphics in Boston, which
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Congratulations to john Collins and Tucker Simpson from the Lawrence Middle School in New jersey for their award-winning exhibit on "john Paul Jones." john and Tucker's teacher is Priscilla Taylor. To encourage the study of maritime history, the National Maritime Historical Society offers special prizes for maritime-related projects in several National History Day state contests. In 2015, NMHS participated in thirteen state contests and awarded twenty-one prizes on topics from naval heroes to the Amistad story, from Grace Hopper to Rosie the Riveter. State competitions were held in April and May; more than 3,000 students advanced to the national competition, which took place in June. The full list of2015 NMHS prize winners is posted on our website at www.seahistory.org and will be featured in Sea History 153, Winter 2015-16. To get a school in your area involved, visit the National History Day website at www.nhd.org and contact your school's history or social studies department.
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