Early September morning at the Gloucester Fishermen’s Wives Memorial.
As Angela Sanfilippo, GFWA president, so eloquently said at the dedication ceremony:
"The memorial serves as a testimonial to what wives, mothers, sisters, and children of fishermen of the world have endured because their men chose to be on the water. They had no choice but to stand on rock, to be on land."
A trip around the gardens presented these bountiful images.
July 6th was a beautiful evening to take a sail on the Thomas E. Lannon and dance amongst the other schooners in Gloucester Harbor during the Gloucester Maritime Rendezvous.
On board the Lannon and the Columbia approaches.
Views of the Columbia.
The Isabella and Ardelle sail into view followed by Redbird.
Here comes the Pride of Baltimore II!
And then the dance begins!
September 2nd was the final Carillon Concert for 2022 at Our Lady of Good Voyage Church in Gloucester. Today's concert featured Thomas Dort, Cynthia Cafasso-Donaldson and LuAnn Pallazola.
The cariilon has 31 bells and was designed and built by John Taylor Bell Foundry, Ltd. of Loughborough, England which still makes bells today. When installed at Our Lady's with 23 bells in 1922, it was the first modern attuned carillon in the United States. 8 more bells were installed in 1924.
Here are a selections of the Patriotic Pieces played on Friday.
Many stand on the shore or along the boulevard and gaze out at the ocean, wondering about far away places. Views from the water back at Cape Ann can be just as intriquing!
Views of Thacher Island and the Twin Lights
F/V Catherine & Rebecca
Eastern Point and the Dogbar Breakwater
Stacy Boulevard and Pavilion Beach
Entering Gloucester's Inner Harbor
Views of City Hall
