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New Bedford Whaling National Historical ParkThe interior of the Seamen's Bethel
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In order to preserve for the benefit and inspiration of the people of the United States as a national historical park certain districts, structures, and relics located in New Bedford, Massachusetts, and associated with the history of whaling and related social and economic themes in America, there is established the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park.

Public Law 104-333
November 12, 1996
The bow-shaped pulpit of the Seamen's Bethel  

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The Seamen's Bethel is still in use today as a non-denominational house of worship, just as it was in Herman Melville's day.
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