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NC Fishermen Honored With Annual Blessing of the Fleet
It’s a balmy Sunday morning at State Port in Morehead City, N.C., where hundreds of people gather to witness the Blessing of the Fleet. Dignitaries, clergymen and regular folk listen to testimonies of hardship, endurance, pride and strength exhibited by local commercial fishermen, generation after generation. The solemn ceremony asks for divine protection and intervention for…