#TallShipTuesdays

#TallShip Tuesdays

Aboard awaits Providence history, exploits, nautical knowledge, and more presented by Captain Jones and the crew of Providence. New content every Tuesday!

Eating a Days Rations on a Historic Tall Ship

Cooking a Week's Rations for a Sailor in 1776

Why you should Spring2ACTion

Virginia Players of the American Revolution

Welcome Back to Providence

Women on 18th Century Ships

Adventure

Throwback January- Your 2023 Favorite Videos

This year we had a lot of interesting videos and Adventure Pages for #TallShipTuesday. This week, we reminisced about our 2023 favorite videos chosen by you as a community. As we have grown into our new home at the Senator John Warner Maritime Heritage Center...

Time to Douse the Stays’l

In this #TallShipTuesay, Providence’s Boatswain taught us how to douse the stays’l after learning to set it previously. Our Boatswain is often the one who calls the sail handling command on a ship like Providence. Sometimes the Boatswain would use Whistle Calls on a Boatswains...

English Exploration of the Arctic

This week on #TallShipTuesday we took a trip to the frigid arctic. But what did the 19th century explorers hope to find beyond the 18th parallel? It was a mysterious vast, cold, and dangerous expanse and much speculation about what might be there. Was there...

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