11/11/2022 0 Comments Lelo volanteAs the men set off, Mr Rose includes a clip of some rough seas and violent looking waves that was surely common on any voyage across the Atlantic and further testifies to courage our ancestors demonstrated each time they made these voyages. The footage of the men aboard the ship at the port in New Bedford reflects the daily activities of our ancestors preparing to leave port on whaling ships for whatever corner of the earth yielded the coveted whale oil. The significance of this film can not be overstated as it gives us a visual glimpse into how our ancestors lived. This film was shown by Mr Rose and the Seamen’s Memorial Scholarship Fund in the 1940’s. He set sail with Captain Benjamin Costa aboard the schooner, Stranger, owned by the da Lomba Family of New Bedford. In 1937, Mario “Marty” Rose, a Cape Verdean American from New Bedford filmed his trip to Cabo Verde and produced what is probably the first film ever made in Cape Verde. Here is a partially list of the thousands of Cape Verdeans that have served this great nation (info provided by Documented Cape Verdean military soldiers in the Revolutionary war for Independence from England were collected by Jose dos Anjos in his research of Cape Verdean military soldiers We were there in Korea and Vietnam and every other time Americans have been called to serve this country, including Iraq and Afghanistan. We have fought with her against fascists and saved millions from death camps all over Europe. The Cape Verdean community here in the States should be very proud of all the Patriots it has produced and lost in every American war since the beginning fighting for its independence, it’s struggle to remain a unified nation and for the abolition of slavery. In honor of Armistice/ Veterans Day this post will honor Cape Verdean veterans of American Wars.
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