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Palm Beach North

Chamber Of Commerce Honored With Five Awards

At Florida Festivals And

Events Association 2024
“Sunsational” Awards

The Palm Beach North Chamber of Commerce is proud
to announce its recent recognition at the Florida Festivals
and Events Association (FFEA) 2024 “SunSational” Awards,
where the organization earned five prestigious honors.
The Chamber’s ArtiGras Fine Arts Festival, presented
by Tampa General Hospital received significant accolades,
securing second place for both the Mobile App category
and the Television campaign category, third place for
its Commemorative Poster, and third place in the PR/ exemplifies the Chamber’s dedication to fostering These recognitions are in alignment with the Chamber’s
Media Campaign category. These awards underscore dialogue, understanding, and action within the community. strategic imperatives, which focus on enhancing the
the festival’s commitment to delivering an exceptional “We are incredibly honored to receive these awards, quality of life in Palm Beach North while fostering a
cultural experience that resonates with the community which reflect the hard work and creativity that go into prosperous economy. The Chamber remains committed
and visitors alike. making our events and programs successful,” said Brian to creating an environment where businesses can thrive
Additionally, the Chamber was recognized with a Elkins, Director of Events at the Palm Beach North and the community can flourish.
second place award in the Multi-Agency Program category Chamber of Commerce. “We are deeply grateful to our For more information about the Palm Beach North
for its collaboration with the Jewish Federation of Palm members, community partners volunteers, and everyone Chamber of Commerce and its upcoming events, please
Beach County on the impactful event, “Confronting involved in these initiatives. Their support is crucial in visit www.pbnchamber.com.
Hate: Insights from the Israeli Frontline.” This program helping us achieve our mission.” For more information, visit www.pbnchamber.com.
Book Review

American Sanctuary: Mutiny, day in 1797. Adding to what was already a tinder box of a Adams’s decision
situation was the fact that this ship’s captain, Admiral Hugh
to turn Robbins over
Martyrdom, And National Identity Pigot, was a disciplinarian so stern that whipping and other to Britain—where
In The Age Of Revolution punishments for minor crew offenses became unbearable he was executed by
hanging without
and sparked the bloody insurrection that ended in the death
of the captain and other officers. a trial—Adams’s
By Nils A. Shapiro One of the main leaders of the mutiny was a man whose Federalist Party’s
I cannot recall ever name throughout this book varies between Thomas Nash defense of his
enjoying a scholarly work (if he was actually Irish) and Jonathan Robbins, depending decision, and the
of early American history so upon whether his claim to have been an American from consequences of Jefferson’s Republican Party’s national
interestingly and vividly told, Connecticut was true or not. electoral campaign focused on driving the public’s anger,
so extraordinarily researched Eventually, after the mutiny Robbins made his way to form the major part of this compelling story.
and impressively detailed, the U.S. and was tracked down by the British government, Eventually—and critical in light of today’s political
exciting as any novel, and which demanded that President John Adams turn over the climate and immigration crisis—the American people
as timely in subject as “mutineer and murderer” to Britain for punishment. It was eventually decided that, whether or not Jonathan Robbins
next month’s presidential awkward timing, for Adams was then in the process of (or Thomas Nash, if that was his real name) was in fact an
election! ratifying an economic trade treaty with Britain that had just American citizen, anyone fleeing from oppression should
The date was September been negotiated. be able to find sanctuary in the United States and not have
21, 1797. The event was a vicious mutiny by the crew of a Adams had to weigh the success of the treaty against the to fear being turned away. It is to this day at the heart of our
British naval vessel, HMS Hermione, in the Caribbean off the American public’s anger about the British policy and actions nation’s self-image, symbolized by the Statue of Liberty in
coast of Puerto Rico. Little remembered today, its aftershock of impressment on the high seas and the idea of turning over New York Harbor and the inscription on her base addressed
was to lead directly to the election of Thomas Jefferson over to Britain a claimed American citizen who “had the right to “the huddled masses yearning to be free.”
the incumbent John Adams as president of the United States to regain his freedom after having been the victim of such This is the story of how and when that all started. I loved
… and the resulting lasting image of America as a sanctuary impressment” and return home. every word of it.
of freedom for those fleeing from persecution in other lands—
an issue that dominates today’s political campaigns just as it
did the one in 1800.
I must admit that, although
it was published in 2017, I
had never heard of American
Sanctuary and was fortunate
to come across it by accident
on a table stacked with books
while shopping in a market.
Its author, A. Roger Ekirch,
is a professor of history at
Virginia Tech, has written
four earlier books, received Life moves fast—
a Guggenheim Fellowship

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and illustrations from that period.
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