Wednesday Tidbits, Aug. 11

The Erie Maritime Museum will host a reception Thursday, August 12 (that’s tomorrow if you’re reading this while it’s fresh) to launch a new photography exhibit, "Life onboard Niagara," on the museum’s first floor. Niagara trainees Dennis O’Leary and John Baker took advantage of their time onboard to document not only the work of sailing but some of the more personal and quiet moments (and even some of the non-sailing periods of the ship’s annual schedule). Here are a couple of examples—

If you were intrigued last week by the video of a reenacted patrol in the rain at the Pennsylvania Military Museum’s VIETNAM Revisited program, they’ve also posted a link to one that took place with the sun shining. For links to either or both, go here and scroll to the bottom of the page.