From Cape Verde to New Bedford - New Bedford, MA, USA - Human Migration Monuments on Waymarking.com

This sign is located on the waterfront near the Ernestina...a ship referred to on the sign which reads:

"From Cape Verde to New Bedford

For many Cape Verde Islanders, the New bedford
wharf area was the first view of America. At the height
of immegration between 1900 and 1921, more than
a dozen packet boats ran between Cape Verde
and New Bedford, the main port of entry. Packet boats
carried freights and passengers on a regular schedule.

After World War II, as air travel increased, Ernestina became
one of only two vessels making the regular trip to Cape
Verde. The schooner continued to do so - often without
engine or radio- until 1965. She was the last sailing ship to
bring immigrants across the Atlantic to the United States.
Many of those Cape Verdeans - people of Portuguese and
African descent still live in the New Bedford area."

Read more about the ship which originally known as the Effie M. Morrissey at (visit link)

Who placed it?: New Bedford Whaling Historical National Park When was it placed?: unknown Who is honored?: Cape Verde immigrants Website about the Monument: [Web Link]

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Date Logged Log   07/10/2010 Metro2 visited it