Event
Walking Tour: In the Footsteps of Douglass and Melville
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Fee:
Free. It is free of chargeLocation:
The tour will start at the park's visitor center on 33 William Street, New Bedford, MARepeating Event
Days:
Every week on Friday
Dates:
May 24, 2024 to October 25, 2024
Time:
10:30 AM
Duration:
1 hour
Type of Event
Guided Tour
Walk
This walking starts at 10:30 am and ends at 11:30 am
Description
Join ranger Rufai walking in the footsteps of these great eighteenth century writers.
The tour starts at the visitor center
Both Frederick Douglass and Herman Melville anchored in New Bedford in 1841.
Douglass once claims “I was now living in a new world. [I] was wide awake to its advantages.”
Melville also once claim ""The town itself is perhaps the dearest place to live in, in all New England..nowhere in all America will you find more patrician-like houses, parks and gardens more opulent, than in New Bedford…all these brave houses and flowery gardens came from the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. One and all, they were harpooned and dragged up hither from the bottom of the sea."
Reservation or Registration: No
There is no reservation or registration required.