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Ahoy, ye hat lubbers!

Ahoy, ye hat lubbers!

Eloise Pennington, warehouse coordinator for Fort Myers, Fla., took this photo of a faux swashbuckler handmaking a pirate hat at the Fort Myers Beach Pirate Festival.
  • Written by American City & County Administrator
  • 17th October 2011
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Eloise Pennington, warehouse coordinator for Fort Myers, Fla., took this photo of a faux swashbuckler handmaking a pirate hat at the Fort Myers Beach Pirate Festival. The festival is a yearly event that brings thousands to Fort Myers Beach each October.

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