Salem Maritime National Historical Park

Kayaking and Waterfront Crafts

<p class="LexicalEditor-paragraph" dir="ltr">Join us on Saturday, September 12 from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM for kayaking and waterfront crafts. Explore Salem harbor on land and water during this special program. Borrow a kayak or paddleboard and paddle along the waterfront between Derby Wharf and Central Wharf. Back on land, learn about the natural environment in Salem with special crafts and activities with park rangers. Kayaks and paddleboards are available first come, first served. Lifejackets and training will be provided.</p> <p class="LexicalEditor-paragraph" dir="ltr">This event is part of the Trails &amp; Sails event series. Learn more and see other upcoming events at <a class="link" dir="ltr" href="https://trailsandsails.org/">https://trailsandsails.org/</a></p>

Lokalizacja: Central Wharf (193 Derby Street), Salem, MA 01970

Salem Maritime National Historical Park

The Great Salem Fire of 1774: A Revolutionary Event…?

<div class="xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs x126k92a"> <div dir="auto">Join historian Curtis White on Sunday, September 13 from 12-3 as he explores the stories of the Great Salem Fire of 1774 and its connections to Revolutionary Salem. This will be a special drop in talk at Salem Maritime National Historical Park's Central Wharf, where White will point out important landmarks related to the fire. The talk will also feature unique historical moments leading up to the Revolution. No reservations are required.</div> <div dir="auto"> </div> </div> <div class="x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"> <div dir="auto">This event is part of the Trails &amp; Sails event series. Learn more and see other upcoming events at <span class="html-span xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n x18oe1m7 x1sy0etr xstzfhl x972fbf x10w94by x1qhh985 x14e42zd x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 x3ct3a4 xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xkrqix3 x1sur9pj x1fey0fg x1s688f" tabindex="0" href="https://trailsandsails.org/?fbclid=IwcGRvZgFleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFIWUdYT1lHak9ad3hkVDNUc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHpKgemqOcB1ZksRZwmmlGDU5MrVLGli22s3EDno__ZBAzKS6Tb71fsDgz-8f_aem_lcSvxSfS5wheIRv9vYb6GQ" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://trailsandsails.org/</a></span></div> </div>

Lokalizacja: Central Wharf (193 Derby Street), Salem, MA 01970

Salem Maritime National Historical Park

"Hannah in Context: What Really Happened, and Why Did it Matter?" Lecture

<div class="StructuredModuleRenderer-module-scss-module__Qv95HW__structuredContent StructuredModuleRenderer-module-scss-module__Qv95HW__text" data-testid="text-content"> <div> <p>Captain Michael Rutstein recounts the events leading to the battle between schooner Hannah and HMS Nautilus, Oct. 1775.</p> </div> </div> <div class="StructuredModuleRenderer-module-scss-module__Qv95HW__structuredContent StructuredModuleRenderer-module-scss-module__Qv95HW__text" data-testid="text-content"> <div> <p>Join Captain Michael Rutstein as he covers the events leading up to the famous battle between the armed American schooner <em>Hannah</em> and <em>HMS Nautilus</em> in October 1775. He will walk us step by step through the engagement and wrap up with the repercussions of this event and its impact on the course of the Revolution here on the North Shore.</p> <p><strong>Michael Rutstein:</strong> After drafting and then reluctantly abandoning a business plan to create a replica of <em>Hannah</em>, Rutstein commissioned local boatbuilder Harold Burnham to build a representation of the 1812 Salem privateer FAME in 2003. For 23 seasons, FAME sailed out of Pickering Wharf in Salem to critical and popular acclaim. In April 2026, FAME was sold to the Liberty Fleet of Tall Ships in Boston.</p> </div> </div> <p><strong>While admission is free space is limited; registration is strongly encouraged.</strong></p> <p><em>This program is part of the </em><em><strong>Conflict &amp; Community: Salem, Essex County, and the American Revolution</strong></em><em> lecture series. This series is a partnership between Essex Heritage and Salem Maritime National Historical Park and highlights the unique role of Essex County communities during the American Revolution.</em></p>

Lokalizacja: Salem Armory NPS Visitor Center (2 New Liberty Street, Salem MA)

Salem Maritime National Historical Park

"American Admiralty Law in Salem and Boston, 1800–1840, and Its Legacy" Lecture

<div class="StructuredModuleRenderer-module-scss-module__Qv95HW__structuredContent StructuredModuleRenderer-module-scss-module__Qv95HW__text" data-testid="text-content"> <div> <div class="StructuredModuleRenderer-module-scss-module__Qv95HW__structuredContent StructuredModuleRenderer-module-scss-module__Qv95HW__text" data-testid="text-content"> <div> <p>Judge William G. Young explores how Salem and Boston maritime conflicts (1800–1840) shaped early American admiralty law post Revolution.</p> </div> </div> <div class="StructuredModuleRenderer-module-scss-module__Qv95HW__structuredContent StructuredModuleRenderer-module-scss-module__Qv95HW__text" data-testid="text-content"> <div> <p>Learn about the establishment of American Admiralty Law in Salem and Boston following the American Revolution, tracing how early 19th-century maritime conflicts in these port cities shaped the development of American jurisprudence. The lecture will examine how disputes over cargo, salvage, and prize cases during the period tested and refined the young nation's legal system. Judge Young will also discuss the pivotal role played by Judge John Davis in establishing practical precedents for handling these cases — precedents that would go on to influence the broader framework of American admiralty law.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="StructuredModuleRenderer-module-scss-module__Qv95HW__structuredContent StructuredModuleRenderer-module-scss-module__Qv95HW__text" data-testid="text-content"> <div> <p><strong>About the Speaker:</strong></p> <p>The Honorable William G. Young has served as a Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts since 1985, following eight years on the Massachusetts Superior Court. A graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School, he served as a U.S. Army officer before beginning his legal career as law clerk to Chief Justice Raymond S. Wilkins of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. He later practiced law with Bingham, Dana &amp; Gould and served as Special Assistant Attorney General and Chief Counsel to Governor Francis W. Sargent. An acclaimed teacher of evidence and trial advocacy, Judge Young has taught at Harvard, Boston College, and Boston University. He is also a prolific legal scholar and the author of several influential works on evidence, trial practice, and federal jurisprudence.</p> </div> </div> <p><strong>While admission is free space is limited; registration is strongly encouraged.</strong></p> <p><em>This program is part of the </em><em><strong>Conflict &amp; Community: Salem, Essex County, and the American Revolution</strong></em><em> lecture series. This series is a partnership between Essex Heritage and Salem Maritime National Historical Park and highlights the unique role of Essex County communities during the American Revolution.</em></p>

Salem Maritime National Historical Park

"To the Farthest Ports of the Rich East" Lecture

<div class="StructuredModuleRenderer-module-scss-module__Qv95HW__structuredContent StructuredModuleRenderer-module-scss-module__Qv95HW__text" data-testid="text-content"> <div> <div class="StructuredModuleRenderer-module-scss-module__Qv95HW__structuredContent StructuredModuleRenderer-module-scss-module__Qv95HW__text" data-testid="text-content"> <div> <p>Join James Fichter as he discusses profit and peril in the new trade to Asia</p> <p>With independence from Britain secured, in the 1780s American began trading to Asia for themselves. They bought tea in China. They sailed to the East India Company-administered India for cloth, to Yemen and Dutch Java for coffee, to Sumatra for pepper, and to many other ports in between. The trade to Asia accelerated as the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars (1793-1815) kept European traders out of Asian waters, creating a tussle between between British and American crews to supply French-occupied Europe with Asian goods. This process created a new class of American investor-capitalists and the first American millionaires. Yet such wealth came at a cost, as the ever growing and increasingly wealthy American trading fleet was a tempting target for foreign states and pirates—from Britain and France to Barbary and Yemen—against which the U.S. Navy was not always a match.</p> </div> </div> <div class="StructuredModuleRenderer-module-scss-module__Qv95HW__structuredContent StructuredModuleRenderer-module-scss-module__Qv95HW__text" data-testid="text-content"> <strong>While admission is free space is limited; registration is strongly encouraged.</strong></div> </div> </div> <p><em>This program is part of the </em><em><strong>Conflict &amp; Community: Salem, Essex County, and the American Revolution</strong></em><em> lecture series. This series is a partnership between Essex Heritage and Salem Maritime National Historical Park and highlights the unique role of Essex County communities during the American Revolution.</em></p>

Lokalizacja: Salem Armory NPS Visitor Center (2 New Liberty Street, Salem MA)