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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>The
</span></font></b><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cape Cod</span></b><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'> </span></b><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Museum</span></b><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'> of Natural History in Brewster<br>
Presents<br>
<i><span style='font-style:italic'>The 14th </span></i></span></b><b><i><span
style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Annual</span></i></b><b><i><span
style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'> </span></i></b><b><i><span
style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Cape</span></i></b><b><i><span
style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'> Cod Maritime History Symposium <br>
</span></i>May 22 </b><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>8:30
am to 2 pm</span></b><b><span style='font-weight:bold'> <br>
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE </span></b><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>April 21,
2010</span></b><b><span style='font-weight:bold'><br>
Contact: Julie O’Neil 508-896-3867 or <a
href="mailto:adminsupprt@ccmnh.org">adminsupport@ccmnh.org</a></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History in Brewster presents the<b><i><span
style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>14th </span></i></b></span></font><b><i><span
style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Annual</span></i></b><b><i><span
style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'> </span></i></b><b><i><span
style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Cape</span></i></b><b><i><span
style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'> Cod Maritime History Symposium</span></i></b>
on Saturday, May 22 from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Museum is located at 869
Main Street, Route 6A, in Brewster.<br>
<b><i><span style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'> <br>
</span></i></b>The event costs $20 per person and includes lunch and four programs.
<br>
To pre-register, phone the museum at 508-896-3867. <br>
<br>
The annual gathering will explore and commemorate maritime heritage through
four illustrated presentations by experienced professionals and historians, and
is a lead event of the month-long Cape Maritime Days sponsored by the Cape Cod
Chamber of Commerce. The Cape Cod gathering is only one of several
maritime history symposia held in New England.<br>
<br>
“Each year presentations connect Cape Codders with their cultural
history, and we are delighted to host this event,” said Robert Dwyer, the
Museum’s President and Executive Director. <br>
<br>
This year’s agenda includes the following illustrated presentations: </p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>9
a.m.</span></font></b><b><span style='font-weight:bold'> Carlo D'Este
Author/Historian<br>
<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Warlord: A Life of Winston Churchill
at War - 1874 - 1945</span></i></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>10
a.m.</span></font></b><b><span style='font-weight:bold'> Adam
Gamble Author/Publisher<br>
<i><span style='font-style:italic'>The 1858 Map of </span></i></span></b><b><i><span
style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Cape Cod</span></i></b><b><i><span
style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>, Martha's Vineyard & Nantucket<br>
<br>
</span></i>11 am Luncheon</b></p>
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12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Noon</span></font></b><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'> Linda
Coombs Historian/Member, Wampanoag Tribe<br>
<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Respect for Water, Respect for Life: </span></i></span></b><b><i><span
style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>A Wampanoag Way</span></i></b><b><i><span
style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'> <br>
of Being With Our First Relative</span></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>1
pm</span></font></b><b><span style='font-weight:bold'> Richard
Ryder Author/Historian <br>
<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Guardian Outposts - A History of </span></i></span></b><b><i><span
style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Cape Cod</span></i></b><b><i><span
style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'> Life Saving Stations<br>
<br>
</span></i></b>The Museum and its grounds will be open to symposium
participants free of charge once the symposium adjourns at 2 pm. </p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>For further information, contact the Museum at 508-896-3867. <a
href="http://www.ccmnh.org/">www.ccmnh.org</a></span></font></p>
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