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Final Voyage
The day many of us never wanted to see is now upon us. The SS United States is in final preparation to be towed to Mobile, Alabama, for a year-long conversion to prepare the great liner for reefing. Last week she was moved from Pier 82, a place she has called home since 1996, to…
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The Journey
It was 1895, and a 16-year-old girl traveling alone left Helsingborg, Sweden, on the S.S. Sicilia for New York City. That young girl was my great-grandmother, Hilma Sjoblom. Upon arriving in New York, she soon found herself at Ellis Island and went through the medical and legal inspection that allowed her to enter the United…
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