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Thursday, September 10, 2015

Newburyport, Massachusetts

I'd never heard of this town so looked iy up in good ol' Wikipedia.

Newburyport is located about 35 miles northeast of Boston.  Some notable facts about it:

 **  It is the home of the first U.S. Coast Guard Station.

**  Many clipper ships were built here in the 1800s and I'm not sure, but possibly the first one.

**   The "First" Tea Party rebellion against the British tax on tea took place here.

**   The first Massachusetts mint and treasury building were here.

**  It has the nation's oldest active and continuously operating court house.

It was the home of many privateers during the War of 1812.

--Brock-Perry

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