Gloucester’s Legacy of Loss
Since its birth as the nation’s first fishing port in 1623, men from Gloucester, Massachusetts, have been going down to the sea in their ships, and many have never returned. Those who keep track say more than ten thousand lives have been lost over the years in the hunt and harvest for seafood. In an encore installment of his series “Gloucester at the Crossroads,” producer Sandy Tolan explains how this fishing port north of Boston has been shaped by a large sense of loss.
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