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SUMMARY:1923: USS Marblehead commissioned
DESCRIPTION:U.S.S. Marblehead (CL-12) commissioned by the smashing of a champagne bottle on its bow by Hannah Martin Evans\, a World War I “Gold Star” mother\, Marblehead’s first. The first U.S.S. Marblehead was a Spanish-American War-era ship (C-11). The most recent ship was launched into the Deleware River in Philadelphis.
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SUMMARY:1964: Marblehead Reporter begins
DESCRIPTION:The Marblehead Reporter publishes its first edition.
URL:https://marbleheadhistory.org/event/1964-marblehead-reporter-begins/
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SUMMARY:1909: First Town football game
DESCRIPTION:The Town’s first football team plays against Ipswich and wins (12-6) with Raymond O. Brackett\, owner of the Rockmere Hotel\, as the head coach\, amid some controversy by parents not wanting their sons to play in such a dangerous contact sport. Brackett argued that the team represented Marblehead’s fighting spirit that created American freedom. George P. Campbell\, the High School’s principal\, was in charge of training the team.
URL:https://marbleheadhistory.org/event/1909-first-town-football-game/
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SUMMARY:1871: Railway comes to Marblehead
DESCRIPTION:Eastern Railroad branch from Lynn opens in Marblehead\, with small depots at Devereux\, Clifton\, Beach Bluff and Phillips Beach (Swampscott).
URL:https://marbleheadhistory.org/event/1871-railway-comes-to-marblehead/
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SUMMARY:1999: First Town Historian appointed
DESCRIPTION:Virginia Clegg Gamage is appointed the first official Marblehead Town Historian by the Board of Selectmen. Thomas A. McNulty announces the closing the Warwick Theater to the Board of Selectmen.
URL:https://marbleheadhistory.org/event/1999-first-town-historian-appointed/
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SUMMARY:1789: President Washington visits Marblehead
DESCRIPTION:President George Washington and Marquis de Lafayette visit Marblehead to thank the Town for its Revolutionary War sacrifices. “May your prosperity\, in the preservation of that liberty so gloriously purchased\, ever venerate the memory of their ancestors.” — Lafayette. Washington especially wanted to visit his retired General John Glover\, now a Selectman\, who led the crowds of people welcoming the President. In his message of thanks to Marblehead he wrote\, “Your attachment to the Constitution of the United States is worthy of men\, who fought and bled for freedom\, and know its value.”
URL:https://marbleheadhistory.org/event/1789-president-washington-visits-marblehead/
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