COURT HOUSE – Greasy luck to you! All hands on deck! An entertaining evening of spell-binding stories awaits you when living historian David Emerson brings his tales, “Greasy Luck: Stories of a New England Whalerman” to the Museum of Cape May County.
Sit inside a room filled with historic whaling tools as we learn about the life of Capt. Leland Emerson, master of the brigantine Sarah Ann as he recalls the trials and tribulations of living aboard a whaling ship and his adventures at sea while searching for a great white whale.
“We are thrilled to be able to bring to life the story of the whalermen,” said Museum of Cape May County Executive Director Donna Matalucci. “Long before there were hotels, stores and boardwalks, this county was filled with whalers who prospered. We’d like everyone to join us as we visit this fascinating piece of Cape May County history via Mr. Emerson’s performance. ”
David Emerson has appeared in Colonial Williamsburg, Plimoth Plantation, Morristown National Historical Park and The Old Barracks Museum in Trenton. He has performed for hundreds of museums, libraries, historical societies, festivals, schools and community organizations throughout the Northeast.
This exciting, high-seas adventure is free and open to the public. Appropriate for adult and adolescent audiences, the event will take place Aug. 1 at 7 p.m. in whaling room of the historic barn of the Museum of Cape May County, 504 Route 9 North, Cape May Court House. For additional information please contact the museum at 609.465.3535.
This program is funded by the Horizons Speakers Bureau of the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, a state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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