Nantucket Archives

Topic: History

Fourth of July 2008: Long Sling Shot

July 4th, 2008 2:30pm
Fourth of July 2008: Long Sling Shot
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Nantucket Whaling Museum

July 1st, 2008 9:09pm

In this segment from Out & About, Audrey & Ryan Wagner get a private tour of Nantucket's historic Whaling Museum.

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Video Credit: Andy Quinn

Surf Boat to the Rescue

June 27th, 2008 4:11pm

The Nantucket Life-Saving Museum and the history of surf boats on Nantucket.

Local Author John Merson

June 2nd, 2008 11:06am
Tags: History

Local author and Vietnam war veteran John Merson talks about his book "War Lessons."

Remembering the Vietnam War

June 1st, 2008 9:47am
Tags: History

Local Vietnam Veteran Bert Johnson recounts his experience of being drafted, going through basic training and becoming injured while serving our country during the Vietnam War.

Behind the "Gettysburg Address"

June 1st, 2008 8:25am
Tags: History

Nantucket local and Koraen War Veteran Bob Mooney discusses the meaning of the Gettysburg Address to honor Memorial Day Weekend.

A Dreamy Restoration

May 28th, 2008 10:02am
Tags: Film, History

The Dreamland Theatre Renovation team discuss their goals and duties in restoring the historic Dreamland theater.

Ronne Hartfield at the NHA

May 12th, 2008 10:04am
Tags: History
Ronne Hartfield at the NHA
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Sharpening of the Millstone

April 29th, 2008 10:30am

Millstone Sharpener Rob Grasi shows us the yearly task of sharpening Nantucket's millstone.

Video Credit: Andy Quinn

Verbatim: Preston's Fire

April 13th, 2008 7:18am

Welcome to Verbatim, a re-telling of anything and everything on
Nantucket through your own words. We accept photos, writing, and pretty
much anything else that is an
expression and celebration of the community we live in and the beauty
around us. In this week's Verbatim, H Flint Ranney provides pictures and a written account of Preston's Fire in May of 1979.

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