Fort Fisher historian Becky Sawyer will explore the sometimes gritty history of tattoos worn by the sailors who participated ...

YEAR’S CELEBRATION. ON SATURDAY FROM 11 TO 4. YOU’RE INVITED TO COME ON BOARD THE PRIDE OF BALTIMORE TWO FOR A FREE FESTIVAL THAT NOT ONLY CELEBRATES THE LIVES OF SAILORS, BUT THE ART OF TATTOOING.

A few blocks away from Baltimore Harbor where many a sailor have made port and ships have launched for centuries, I walk into a tan and green-shingled building lined inside and out with tattoo ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. During his third Pacific voyage beginning in 1776, Capt. James Cook recorded in his journal: “The universality of tattooing is a ...