It be Talk Like Actor Robert Newton Day!

Newton made up the "pirate accent" for the character Long John Silver in Disney's "Treasure Island" (1950).

Edited to add this is me at Fort Phoenix, Fairhaven, MA, where I give a presentation called "Pirates and Privateers" in the summer,

#TalkLikeAPirateDay #FairhavenMA #FortPhoenix #Massachusetts

Sure, there's a heat advisory, but the show must go on. #Pirates and #Privateers program this morning at historical #FortPhoenix in #Fairhaven #Massachusetts.

#History #Reenacting

Talked to people at Fort Phoenix, #Fairhaven #Massachusetts today about variolation or inoculation to combat The Pox that was running rampant in Boston in 1775. My program, called "Dreadful Medicine" will be held every Thursday afternoon this summer. It covers tooth pulling, blood letting, amputation, and other cures performed by the village barber/dentist during the war. A midwife (Mrs. Fairhaven Person) is also on hand to talk about herbal remedies and assisting with births.

#BarberSurgeon #Midwife #Reenacting #LivingHistory #FortPhoenix #Medicine

So the day job in #Fairhaven #Massachusetts can be fun. This summer on Thursday afternoons I'll be a barber/dentist/surgeon demonstrating "Dreadful Medicine" at Fort Phoenix.

#18thCentury #History #Medicine #SouthcoastMA #FortPhoenix #BarberSurgeon