My View of Life on the Dock
Hi Joey and everyone,
My husband and I thought you’d enjoy these pics from the re-dedication on Sunday of the “Trail of Thai Royalty” plaque
that is now re-installed at 3 Page Street. The Children in the photo are from Thailand, and performed a traditional Thai
dance as part of the festivities, which included speeches, traditional Thai prayers, song, dance and foods.
Amy (Shapiro-) and Ed Kaznocha
Hi Joey —
Thanks for sharing that with us Amy
As we sit at Good Harbor Beach in this 90 degree weather, we can also enjoy the house on the rocks, at 24 Bass Rocks Road.
The house is on the Trail of Thai Royalty and has been photographed for over a hundred years, see photo from 1889 below, courtesy of Amy Shapiro.
It was used as the Summer Home of the Siamese Legation
Also enjoy current photographs.
The King of Thailand Birthplace Foundation (KTBF) is co-hosting a cultural event August 15th at Longfellow House Museum in Cambridge, at which Gloucester’s role of the Trail of Thai Royalty will be displayed.
From The Longfellow House Bulletin Found Here
Prince Mahidol Songkla of Thailand was the sixtyninth child of King Chulalongkorn by one of his wives, Queen Savang Vadhana. The prince attended a prestigious boarding school in England before going to university in Germany. On
August 27, 1916, he and his party arrived in Gloucester,Massachusetts. He had come to study at the School of Public Health, part of Harvard Medical School and the Institute of Technology. At the time, he was among many Siamese students in America,
but the first Thai royal to study in the U.S.
For More Information About The Longfellow House Including A Virtual Tour Click The Picture Below
Thanks Amy Shapiro for the heads up.
Good Morning Gloucester 