Shipwrecks of Cape Cod: A Talk with Historian Don Wilding

On Sunday, January 27th at 2 p.m. in Cape Cod Maritime Museum’s Community Room, as part of the museum’s Sunday afternoon lecture series, join noted historian, author, and filmmaker Don Wilding for his presentation of some of the greatest shipwrecks and rescues of Cape Cod’s outer beaches. His talk narrows in on the earliest days of the U.S. Lifesaving Service (1872) to the early years of the U.S. Coast Guard in the first half of the 20th century, focusing on notorious shipwrecks including the Italian bark CASTAGNA (1914), the Canadian schooner MONTCLAIR (1927), and the British ship JASON (1893).

Admission: Members $10 ~ Non-members $15