- Date
- 2003-07-12
- Kind
- Transportation
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- maritimeheritageeducationcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The Freedom Schooner Amistad visited Paradise Bay on July 12, 2003, while traveling from Mystic toward Chicago. Islanders discussed a possible future school tour and presentation about the history commemorated by the vessel.
Evidence limits
The article documents the visit and proposed follow-up, not a later return visit or completed school program.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, August 2003, “The Amistad Pays a Call”.Reports the July 12 visit of the Freedom Schooner Amistad, its educational and racial-reconciliation mission, its stop at the ferry dock, and discussion of a possible school tour on a return voyage. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2003-08_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the August 2003 report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2003-08_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Freedom Schooner Amistad calls at Beaver Island on its way to Chicago”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-amistad-schooner-visit-2003/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 2003, “The Amistad Pays a Call”. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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