Seacoast 375th
JOHN PAUL JONES BIRTHDAY
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For decades the Purcell Boarding House where John Paul Jones stayed in Portsmouth has honored his birthday. This year was no exception.

Members of the Gen. William Whipple Military Lodge cluster in the shade of an old birch tree at the JPJ House Museum gardens to prepare their ceremony.

Museum interpreters gather to prepare the giant cake for Jones' 251st party. Event organizer June Rogers is on the right.

Portsmouth Historical Society Secretary Ralph Morang captures the official ceremony pictures for the Museum archives.

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Digital images by J. Dennis Robinson
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