Apalachicola Area Historical Society Presents WAR Comes to Apalachicola! The Sinking & Rescue of the Empire Mica

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The Apalachicola Area Historical Society (AAHS) will be hosting a special program, “WAR Comes to Apalachicola! The Sinking & Rescue of the Empire Mica,” featuring Grayson Shepard on Tuesday, November 10, from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. ET at the Raney Museum Carriage House, 126 Market Street in Apalachicola. The program is open to the public, although seating is limited. There is no charge and donations are warmly welcomed. On June 29, 1942, the British tanker Empire Mica, carrying fuel for the Royal Air Force during World War II, was torpedoed by a German U-boat approximately 21 miles south of Cap

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