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LOCATION:11 South East Front Street\nMilford Delaware 19963
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SUMMARY:The Kalmar Nyckel
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DESCRIPTION:The Milford Museum American History Series continues with a pro
 gram\ntitled The Kalmar Nyckel presented by Bill Hutchison on Saturday\,\n
 September 14\, 1:00 p.m. at the Milford Public Library in Milford\,\nDelaw
 are. This program will present the story of two ships. One ship\,\nthe Kal
 mar Nyckel\, left Sweden in 1637 to establish the first\npermanent Europea
 n colony in the Delaware Valley\, the present site of\nWilmington\, Delawa
 re. The original ship would make eight crossings of\nthe Atlantic\, more t
 han any other colonizing ship. Its demise at the\nhands of the British in 
 1652\, ended the story of this vessel\, but its\nlegacy led to another. In
  1998\, the second ship of this story slid\ninto the waters of the Christi
 na River. It sails today as the official\nTall Ship of Delaware. This repl
 ica\, also named the Kalmar Nyckel\, has\nbeen sailing for 26 years to tel
 l the story of the founding of the\ncolony of New Sweden and the heritage 
 of the early Swedish and Finnish\ncolonists in America. Because of this se
 cond ship\, thousands of school\nchildren and the public have had the oppo
 rtunity to live history by\nsailing on the Kalmar Nyckel.\n
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>The Milford Museum American History Series 
 continues with a program titled The Kalmar Nyckel presented by Bill Hutchi
 son on Saturday\, September 14\, 1:00 p.m. at the Milford Public Library i
 n Milford\, Delaware. This program will present the story of two ships. On
 e ship\, the Kalmar Nyckel\, left Sweden in 1637 to establish the first pe
 rmanent European colony in the Delaware Valley\, the present site of Wilmi
 ngton\, Delaware. The original ship would make eight crossings of the Atla
 ntic\, more than any other colonizing ship. Its demise at the hands of the
  British in 1652\, ended the story of this vessel\, but its legacy led to 
 another. In 1998\, the second ship of this story slid into the waters of t
 he Christina River. It sails today as the official Tall Ship of Delaware. 
 This replica\, also named the Kalmar Nyckel\, has been sailing for 26 year
 s to tell the story of the founding of the colony of New Sweden and the he
 ritage of the early Swedish and Finnish colonists in America. Because of t
 his second ship\, thousands of school children and the public have had the
  opportunity to live history by sailing on the Kalmar Nyckel.</p>
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