Celebrations marking the 35'h anniversary of the return of the 1894 schooner Ernestina-Morrissey to Massachusetts get underway th is su mmer, with a fundraising gala at the New Bedford Whaling Museum kicking-off th e fes tivities on 9 June. The Ernestina sailed home to New England from Cape Verde, arriving
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