Pirates are Hanging

With Pirates of the Caribbean in theatres right now, I figured I would go ahead and tell you about something I thought super cool in the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. We were there last thursday...

and as interesting as all the stories were, and the Titanic memorabilia was pretty cool too...

The best story was that of the pirates!

 So apparently they were pretty big at catching these bad guys in Halifax. Then again, it was a big shipping port so I suppose it could be expected.

Anyway, the story went something like this.... as a deterrent to pirates they would hang them, then take their bodies and suspend them in these cages. They were then posted around the entrances to the Halifax Harbour so that any potential pirates entering would be scared. Into stopping a life of crime or not entering... who knows?

Either way, I think that's how it went. I'm pretty sure it said they were hung before caged.

But they did say they know for a fact that some famous pirate I forget the name of was hung right down on the beach in Point Pleasant Park!

Think of that next time you're feeding the ducks and licking your ice cream!

See? Learn something new everyday!

Xoxo.

Leslie