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M ELEY · 11th September 2009, 02:40 AM

-Check out the U.S.S. Constitution Museum for an assortment of naval weapons and a few ethno pirate swords.
-Also, in the John Quincy Adams Marketplace, one of the 3 buildings has a military recruitment center with a pretty cool museum featuring guns, swords, munitions, etc.
-The Old State House also has a few weapons of the Rev War era (as well as some pretty cool historical objects, like the original tea from the Boston Tea Party!)

Rick mentioned the Peabody Museum. I couldn't make it there on my brief visit-

. I'm told the whaling memoribilia, harpoons, relics from the horrid wreck of the Essex (the Nantucket whaler was rammed/sunk by an enraged sperm whale forcing the crew to abandon ship. After many months at sea and acts of cannibalism to survive, some made it home. Great book about it- "In the Heart of the Sea" highly recommended. This is where Melville got his idea for Moby Dick and Coleridge inspiration for Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner).
Enjoy your trip! It's a great, historical city. Near Boston Common, you can see early grave stones with skull and crossbones. This symbol, originating from tomb markers such as these, were the inspirations for pirates who used the Jolly Roger as a warning to their prey to surrender or die.

11th September 2009, 02:40 AM	#3
M ELEY Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NC, U.S.A. Posts: 2,141	-Check out the U.S.S. Constitution Museum for an assortment of naval weapons and a few ethno pirate swords. -Also, in the John Quincy Adams Marketplace, one of the 3 buildings has a military recruitment center with a pretty cool museum featuring guns, swords, munitions, etc. -The Old State House also has a few weapons of the Rev War era (as well as some pretty cool historical objects, like the original tea from the Boston Tea Party!) Rick mentioned the Peabody Museum. I couldn't make it there on my brief visit- . I'm told the whaling memoribilia, harpoons, relics from the horrid wreck of the Essex (the Nantucket whaler was rammed/sunk by an enraged sperm whale forcing the crew to abandon ship. After many months at sea and acts of cannibalism to survive, some made it home. Great book about it- "In the Heart of the Sea" highly recommended. This is where Melville got his idea for Moby Dick and Coleridge inspiration for Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner). Enjoy your trip! It's a great, historical city. Near Boston Common, you can see early grave stones with skull and crossbones. This symbol, originating from tomb markers such as these, were the inspirations for pirates who used the Jolly Roger as a warning to their prey to surrender or die.