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At the Met, we just welcomed back a small group of students who have spent the last 65 days at sea aboard Sailing Ships Maine’s schooner Harvey Gamage. For almost 50 years, the Harvey Gamage has been a classroom for students interested in sail training, but this voyage was very different. In partnership with Big Picture Learning, Sailing Ships Maine set out on a journey to explore civil rights.
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