NPS About This BlogThrough Around the Horn, the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park hopes to keep visitors informed on projects that might impact their voyage and enlightened by stories from our past. Sit back, relax, and enjoy the journey! Masks of 1918 and Today
December 02, 2020
Did you know that the humble face mask, that uncomfortable bit of cloth that we love to hate, was invented in its current form and tested back in 1918? San Francisco Italian Language Coverage of the 1918 Influenza Outbreak
April 28, 2020
Is collective memory only as durable as the generation that weathered the crisis? American newspaper accounts from the 1918-19 influenza pandemic suggest that when generational events like pandemics fall out of American living memory, the lessons gained are largely forgotten. In the San Francisco Italian language news article from 1918 translated below, the parallels with the current COVID19 pandemic are jolting. Sea Stories on the Skin: A Brief Consideration of Maritime Tattoos
July 16, 2019
How did we get to this point, when we now see tattoos where we never saw them before, on the arms and legs of upstanding citizens and public servants--soldiers, teachers, doctors, police…and park rangers? We have sailors to thank. Celebrating the 85th Anniversary of the 1934 Longshore and General Strikes
May 08, 2019
May 9 marks the 85th anniversary of the beginning of the largest labor strike in West Coast History, when in 1934, longshoremen up and down the West Coast went on strike. Chief of Cultural Resources Gretchen Stromberg
July 11, 2018
To mark the Park’s 30th anniversary, we asked two staff members – one of our more senior crew, and one who just recently came aboard - to talk about how they came to work at San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park. Today’s post tells Chief of Cultural Resources Gretchen Stromberg’s story. Curator of Maritime History Stephen Canright
July 11, 2018
To mark the Park’s 30th anniversary, we asked two staff members – one of our more senior crew, and one who just recently came aboard - to talk about how they came to work at San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park. Today’s post tells Curator of Maritime History Stephen Canright’s story. History and Culture: Remembering Heroism at Sea Nearly 165 Years Ago
November 27, 2017
As the National Park Service’s November “Preserving History and Culture” initiative draws to a close, we would like to offer this account as a salute to an act of American heroism at sea nearly 165 years ago. 1907 Steam Tug Hercules Honored With "2016 Tugboat of the Year" Award
December 12, 2016
The Steamship Historical Society of America honored San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park’s 1907 steam tug Hercules with the SSHSA’s "2016 Tugboat of the Year" award. |
Last updated: December 10, 2020