Volunteers are building a replica of a spy ship used by a Long Islander who helped secure victory in the Revolutionary War. GusoffTV reports.
-- An effort to recreate a boat that played an intriguing role in the U.S. winning its independence is underway onCBS2's Carolyn Gusoff got a behind-the-scenes look at volunteers recreating history by hand in time to mark the country's 250th birthday.
under the cover of night, avoiding all the perils, all the privateers, all the British ships," said historian Mark Sternberg. Patriots like Brewster used whale boats to ferry secret messages in invisible ink from the British stronghold of"They could outmaneuver sailing ships. They had a cannon in the front," said historian Chris Ryon.
"The volunteers are all special people, like-minded. They got no professional ship rights. So we're all rookies and amateurs, and we're learning with each other," said Walter Saranceni, one of the boat builders. "I realize how important it was for us in winning the Revolutionary War, the whale boats ... and the spies who used them," said Len Carolan, Long Island Seaport and Eco Center president.
"Without the patriots and the spy ring, and men and women who risked their lives, who lived here ... we wouldn't be here today. We wouldn't have the America that we're proud of," said Mayor Margot Garant.
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