Daily Photo – November 4, 2016
Thunbergia flowers, Green Turtle Cay, Bahamas. Save Save
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Year: 2016
Hints of Green Turtle Cay’s Past: The Wreck of the U.S.S. San Jacinto
One thing I learned while writing Those Who Stayed is that, though time and circumstances have erased much evidence of Green Turtle Cay’s fascinating history, a few clues remain — if you know where to
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Daily Photo – November 3, 2016
Seagulls at Settlement Creek, Green Turtle Cay, Bahamas. Save Save
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The Queen and I
In researching a previous blog post about Henry Louis Gates Jr.’s Finding Your Roots, I checked on WikiTree to find out whether he and I might be related, since we each have Gates ancestors who
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Daily Photo – November 2, 2016
Pink hibiscus, Green Turtle Cay, Bahamas. Save Save
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Happy 40th Anniversary to GTC’s Albert Lowe Museum
It’s hard to believe, but before the Bahamas gained independence in 1973, few Bahamians knew very much about their own history. “We were taught English history in school,” my cousin Alton Lowe told me. “It
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Daily Photo – November 1, 2016
Sunrise over Settlement Creek, Green Turtle Cay, Bahamas. Save Save
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Daily Photo – October 31, 2016
Today’s Museum Monday photo is from the early to mid-1900s, and features local men making rope. Rope was commonly made from locally grown sisal. I don’t know who the people are in the image, but
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