22nd Annual Chesapeake Appreciation Days

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Reedville Fishermen's Museum

Name/Title

22nd Annual Chesapeake Appreciation Days

Entry/Object ID

2022.0102.001

Tags

Update Storage Location, Verify Paperwork, Locate

Scope and Content

This copy of the 1986 Chesapeake Appreciation Day booklet features a description of the origins of Chesapeake skipjack racing, as foundational to the establishment of Chesapeake Appreciation Day. Notably a description in the article features information on the Skipjack Claud W. Somers winning the 11th annual workboat race in the Skipjack category on September 19th, 1931.

Collection

Claud W. Somers