Freedom Schooner Amistad is a unique monument in American History.  One must travel to New York to see the Statue of Liberty, to South Dakota to see Mount Rushmore. Traveling to Washington D.C. is the only way for school teachers to let their students to reflect over  history while visiting Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial,  World War II  Memorial or Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial.  'Monuments are history made visible' -.wrote  the noted author Judith Dupre in her book Monuments - America's History In Art And Memory. 'The very process of deciding how an event should be remembered allows reconciliation with the event itself, and in doing so frees history to move forward.'

The Freedom Schooner Amistad visits ports around Atlantic Ocean as a monument of freedom, justice and human cooperation among all races and religions.  The message is founded on the telling of the Amistad Story where kidnapped Africans were set free by a pro-slavery U.S. Supreme Court because black and white abolitionists work tirelessly to win their freedom. The Amistad is one of a very few monuments that can be actually invited to your neighborhood (as long as there is enough water and bridges on the way are not to low.)

Scheduling port visits  takes  a long time. Amistad America  receives  many contradicting requests - a traditional sailing ship just can't be in Louisiana and Great Lakes in one season.  The 2007/2008 Atlantic Freedom Tour took away the Freedom Schooner for a year from the home waters of New England. To offset that Amistad will spend entire 2009 sailing season on the East Coast of America.

Invite the Freedom Schooner Amistad to a port near you - we would love to visit every port around Atlantic.