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In the Park: Pirate or Patriot?
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Free.Location: LAT/LONG: 42.373160, -71.056830
Charlestown Navy Yard Visitor Center Theater
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Boston was once a hub of piracy in the 18th Century. More than just colorful criminals, the rules of the pirate code included surprising attributes of democracy. Years before the events of the American Revolution, pirate crews created an alternate society in North America that was far more egalitarian socially, economically, and racially than any other western community. This program examines many of those who flourished during the "Golden Age of Piracy," and their connection to colonial Boston. Were these individuals patriots or were they pirates? Did their character and their actions bespeak of only greed and plunder, or might they also be viewed befitting those who sought economic and social revolution? Penetrating the stereotypes of myth and Hollywood, this program delves into the mindset of those who sailed beneath the Jolly Roger and what they might have encountered ashore in colonial Boston.
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Illustration by N.C. Wyeth