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New Bedford Unveils Herman Melville Statue Outside Seamen's Bethel
New Bedford unveiled a new statue of Herman Melville outside the Seamen's Bethel on August 14. The addition adds a landmark to the city's whaling and literary heritage, steps from the chapel made famous in the opening chapters of "Moby-Dick," where Melville is said to have worshipped be…
A new statue of Herman Melville was unveiled outside the Seamen's Bethel on Johnny Cake Hill on August 14, giving the city's whaling and literary landmarks a fresh addition.
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"Herman Melville statue unveiled in front of Seamen's Bethel in NB," SouthCoastToday.com marked the unveiling with a photo gallery credited to Standard-Times photographer Peter Pereira, showing the new memorial to the "Moby-Dick" author outside the chapel where he is said to have worshipped before an 1841 whaling voyage. (read it at https://www.southcoasttoday.com/picture-gallery/news/2026/08/14/herman-melville-statue-unveiled-in-front-of-seamens-bethel-in-nb/91308939007/)
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