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America’s Boating Club Cape Cod-Annual Membership Meeting & Election (Zoom)
March 25, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Annual Meeting and Election Member Meeting 25 March 2021
Meeting starts at 1900 (7 PM) on Zoom
Speaker at 1930 (7:30 PM) (The presentation is approx. 45 min)
Guest Speaker: Gregory Williams
presents
“Barnstable’s ‘Mad Jack’ Percival
and the Mutiny on the Whaleship Globe”
Note: The speaker’s session will be recorded. If you cannot attend, contact John Crawford “Mad Jack” Percval
to be set up to view the recording.
Contact Susan Schwager to let her know you plan to Zoom in on the Meeting Thursday night: Schwag1251@yahoo.com
The colorful Captain John “Mad Jack” Percival was a legend in his time. Known as a seaman of uncommon ability and fearlessness, he led such an extraordinary life that he drew the attention of the famous novelists Hawthorne, Melville, and Michener. The fact that his first and last ships–the last being USS Constitution–are national shrines has only enhanced his reputation.
Gregory Williams was a District Court judge for 15 years until he retired in 2015. He has served on the boards of several Cape Cod organizations, including Tales of Cape Cod and the 1717 Meetinghouse Foundation, and is the immediate past-president of the Board of Trustees of Sturgis Library. He has offered talks around the Cape and southeastern Massachusetts on various subjects, including historical Massachusetts crimes. His Facebook events page, Gregory Williams Speaks, is updated frequently with information about his talks and, more recently, pieces commemorating historical events. . . the weirder the better.