Last week marked 183 years since a young Herman Melville set sail from New Bedford aboard the Acushnet on a working voyage that later inspired his magnum opus, "Moby Dick". The city is now asking artists to submit designs for a statue to honor the author and his legacy.
The City of New Bedford is moving forward with initial plans to memorialize one of the Bay State’s most famed authors in its downtown historic<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://whdh.com/news/new-bedford-seeks-artists-for-melville-statue/">Read More</a>
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