After the great hurricane of 1938, Rodney Dutcher helped raise money to support the damaged fishing fleet on Martha's Vineyard. The new town dock that was constructed in Menemsha, after the storm, was named in his honor and dedicated in 1942.
After the great hurricane of 1938, Rodney Dutcher helped raise money to support the damaged fishing fleet on Martha's Vineyard. The new town dock that was constructed in Menemsha, after the storm, was named in his honor and dedicated in 1942.
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"We who know will long cherish the memory of his valiant spirit who was, first and last, a reporter of the days events as he saw them, fearless in his determination to remain a detached and objective chronicler and as long as justice and conscience where on his side, he did not fear anything else. There was and there is no braver newspaper man than Rodney Dutcher."
President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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