Cocktail Party Raises 'Bounty' for Plymouth 400
A cocktail party on the "Bounty" raised more than $10,000 for the Plymouth 400 Committee.
The State Pier was the place to be on Aug. 24 as the familiar masts of the Mayflower II were joined by the tall ship HMS Bounty, a small contingent of 18th century British “Redcoats,” and more than a hundred guests who were there to support the Plymouth 400. The event managed to raise more than $10,000 for the organization, which will be used to help match a $250,000 grant that Plymouth’s legislative delegation secured in the recently passed state budget. In keeping with the evening’s South Pacific theme, guests donned Hawaiian shirts or dresses. Some, in a nod to the vessel’s 1790 mission, wore period attire. They were greeted by soldiers from the King’s Tenth Regiment of Foot and Sixty Fourth Regiment of Foot who were in full battle …
Casey Meserve
12:24 pm on Thursday, August 30, 2012
Fingers got itchy and added another zero. Sorry folks more ›