EVENTS
~ 2025 ~
DWM Annual Luncheon Meeting & Program
June 21, 2025, noon to 3 p.m.
James Arnold Mansion a/k/a Wamsutta Club, 427 County Street, N.B.
(Guests are welcome ~ the public is cordially invited.)
Program: "Sailing Towards my Father"
A one-man play about Herman Melville, written by Carl Rossi and performed by Stephen Collins. The play chronicles Melville’s life from youth to old age, concentrating on his evolution as a writer and his complex relations with God, his parents and siblings, his wife and children, and Nathanial Hawthorne. Stephen Collins grew up in Cambridge and received a BA in Literature from UMass Boston. After twenty plus years in a sales career, he is back doing what he truly loves – performing and teaching.
Please reply by June 15th with payment ($46/person) and menu selection(s) -
(baked scrod, baked stuffed breast of chicken, or Caesar salad with chicken)
to: “Descendants of Whaling Masters,” c/o William Potter, Treasurer, 194 Main Street, Fairhaven, MA 02719.
~ 2024 ~
50th Anniversary Celebration - September 12 - 15
Visit the Slide Show
DWM Annual Luncheon Meeting & Program
June 21, 2025, noon to 3 p.m.
James Arnold Mansion a/k/a Wamsutta Club, 427 County Street, N.B.
(Guests are welcome ~ the public is cordially invited.)
Program: "Sailing Towards my Father"
A one-man play about Herman Melville, written by Carl Rossi and performed by Stephen Collins. The play chronicles Melville’s life from youth to old age, concentrating on his evolution as a writer and his complex relations with God, his parents and siblings, his wife and children, and Nathanial Hawthorne. Stephen Collins grew up in Cambridge and received a BA in Literature from UMass Boston. After twenty plus years in a sales career, he is back doing what he truly loves – performing and teaching.
Please reply by June 15th with payment ($46/person) and menu selection(s) -
(baked scrod, baked stuffed breast of chicken, or Caesar salad with chicken)
to: “Descendants of Whaling Masters,” c/o William Potter, Treasurer, 194 Main Street, Fairhaven, MA 02719.
~ 2024 ~
50th Anniversary Celebration - September 12 - 15
Visit the Slide Show
~ 2023 ~
DWM 49th Annual Meeting
July 22, 2023
Guest Speaker: Umass Professor Timothy D. Walker
"Sailing to Freedom: Maritime Dimensions of the Underground Railroad"
VISIT THE ANNUAL MEETING PICTURE GALLERY - photos by Dan Rodrigues
July 22, 2023
Guest Speaker: Umass Professor Timothy D. Walker
"Sailing to Freedom: Maritime Dimensions of the Underground Railroad"
VISIT THE ANNUAL MEETING PICTURE GALLERY - photos by Dan Rodrigues
Hudson New York Outing
September 13 - 15, 2023
Visit the Outing Gallery for Photos
We were royally welcomed to Hudson with visits to the Robert Jenkins House, the Plumb-Bronson House, and Olana, home of artist Frederic Church. Special thanks go out to DWM Vice President Rich Taber and to Virginia Martin of the Hendrick Hudson Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, who assisted Rich in coordinating and planning our schedule of events. The most interesting "Whaling in Hudson" Library Program presented by Carl Whitbeck can be viewed in its entirety on Youtube.
September 13 - 15, 2023
Visit the Outing Gallery for Photos
We were royally welcomed to Hudson with visits to the Robert Jenkins House, the Plumb-Bronson House, and Olana, home of artist Frederic Church. Special thanks go out to DWM Vice President Rich Taber and to Virginia Martin of the Hendrick Hudson Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, who assisted Rich in coordinating and planning our schedule of events. The most interesting "Whaling in Hudson" Library Program presented by Carl Whitbeck can be viewed in its entirety on Youtube.