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Homecoming to New Haven,  Freedom Schooner's home port - Planned for the second half of June 2008.



Amistad in New Haven - Homecoming Visit Schedule E-mail
Written by AAI   
Friday, 20 June 2008

Freedom Schooner Amistad's Homecoming visit at her homeport will be brief - check the calendar to plan your visit.  

 

  • Saturday, June 21st - All day program. Event at Long Wharf in New Haven starts at 9:30 and ends about noon. The ship is open for public till 4 p.m. Detailed Program HERE!

 

Please join the Amistad crew, staff and students

on June 21st at 9:30 am at Long Wharf Pier

for a public ceremony welcoming the Schooner home. 

 

Freedom Schooner Amistad leaving New Haven on June 21st, 2007

Amistad embarking on her Atlantic Freedom Tour a year ago - June 21, 2007

 

Check the detailed Homecoming Celebrations PROGRAM

 

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 24 June 2008 )
 
HOMECOMING Sponsorship and Sailing Opportunities for June 2008. E-mail
Written by AAI   
Monday, 16 June 2008

AMISTAD America welcomes sponsors for its June 21st Homecoming event in New Haven and visits to Connecticut and New England ports. 

 

Sponsorship opportunities for New Haven are as follows:

    Gold Level:  $10,000

 

Private sunset sail either any evening from June 18 through June 29; 

includes up to 40 guests, a dockside reception and brief Amistad Incident lecture.
   
Signage at the June 21 event and all Connecticut ports of call during 2008.
   
A signed copy of a beautiful high resolution image of the Freedom Schooner Amistad mounted in a custom frame.

    Silver Level: $5,000

 

Twenty tickets for sunset sail to be scheduled between June 24 and 29;
includes dockside reception.

Silver sponsorship mention on signage for June 21 event.

    Bronze Level: $1,000

 

Five tickets for sunset sail to be scheduled between June 24 and 29;
includes dockside reception.

Name listed as Bronze sponsor on all signage and published materials.


    Individual Sail Opportunities:

 

Single berths (total of 8 available) for a special overnight sail for Homecoming: Sail from Mystic on Friday morning, June 20, and arrive for the Noon ceremony in New Haven on June 21.  

Be a part of the Homecoming! 
Each berth - $1,000; includes three meals and reverse transportation.
   
Twenty guest passengers will join Amistad in Stonycreek, Branford at 9 AM Saturday, June 21, to sail into New Haven harbor for the Noon ceremony at Long Wharf Pier. 
Each ticket - $250.

Single berths (total of 8 available) for a special overnight cruise of Long Island Sound. One night and two full days: June 23 - 25.
Includes visiting the exact location where the original La Amistad was intercepted by the U.S.S. Washington. History lecture on the Amistad Incident included. Includes six meals and reverse  transportation.

Each ticket - $1,000.

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 17 June 2008 )
 

SOS - Save Our Ship

Captain Bill Pinkney - Master Emeritus of the Freedom Schooner AmistadHello, this is Bill Pinkney, first Captain of the AMISTAD making an emergency call.
PLEASE read this brief and urgent appeal.

 

 

 

 

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