Joshua James Day
Sunday May 23, 2004

Schedule of Events

10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Cemetery Ceremony

• Lay flowers at Strangers’ Corner and Joshua James’s grave with Point Allerton Color Guard, place flags on all U.S. Coast Guard, Mass. Humane Society, and Life-Saving Service graves.

11:00 a.m.-Noon Breeches Buoy Rescue Reenactments

• Help pull the lines - or go for a ride yourself in a recreation of a time-honored coastal tradition.

11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. Guided Museum Tours

• America’s greatest lifesavers - Hull’s own hometown heroes - lived and worked right here. Come get acquainted!

11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. New Members Drive

• Join the museum TODAY, and receive a three-month membership - free!

Noon -1:00 p.m. Strawberry Ice Cream Social

• A delicious way to welcome summer to Hull.

All Day Activities

Children’s Crafts

• Enjoy fun, self-directed projects for children and their families in the Children’s Loft.

The Museum Store

• Chock-a-block with summers specials -- books, gifts, and seaside treasures, all 10% off for museum members.

The Exhibits

• Discover Shipwrecks and Lifesaving, the Life of Joshua James, Daily Life at the Life-Saving Station, Lifesaving apparatus including the Surfboat Nantasket, Lighthouses of Massachusetts Bay, the Children’s Loft, and a special show of Recent Acquisitions. The museum is open 10 am - 4 pm on Joshua James Day with free admission to all.