Paid programs are sponsored by the Friends of the Maritime Museum in Beaufort.
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Golden Rule presentation
March 4, 2023 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Free
Join Dr. Arnold Oliver in the museum auditorium for a free presentation on the First Peace Vessel, Golden Rule. The 37-foot wooden ketch built in 1958 in San Pedro, California, will be visiting Beaufort in early March. The program is open to the public, and advance registration is not required.
Golden Rule gained fame in the 1950s as four Quakers sailed her out toward the Marshall Islands in an effort to halt the atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons. After a long hiatus as a private vessel and being neglected, she sank in a storm in Humboldt Bay, Calif., in 2010. Veterans For Peace raised her from the depths for a rebuild that was completed in 2015, and now she sails for peace once more, currently on the Great Loop around the Eastern US. She will be at the museum’s Gallants Channel annex March 7 to 11.
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