Discover a Tradition of Shipbuilding in Essex, Massachusetts

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New Englanders love to honor their pasts. In this season 5 segment of Weekends with Yankee (episode 504), Amy is in Essex, Massachusetts, to tour the Essex Historical Society and Ship Building Museum. In this segment, she talks to operations administrator Chris Stapler and master shipwright Harold Burnham to learn all about the history and process of shipbuilding in Essex. While exploring the town, she learns more about the shipbuilding community and the people who love it.

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