Luxury ocean liner service Cunard Line will celebrate the 175th anniversary of its first trans-Atlantic crossing next year in Boston, where its Britannia mail steamer arrived from Liverpool in 1840 on the company's first U.S. stop.
Cunard's flagship Queen Mary 2 will make an expanded version of that crossing in a 12-night cruise from Liverpool to Halifax, Canada, before arriving in Boston on July 12.
"Boston is and always will be a very important city, and we plan on making a big deal out of it next year," spokeswoman Jackie Chase said yesterday on the QM2, which was docked in the Hub and hosted dignitaries to mark the vessel's 10th anniversary and preview next year's festivities.
Cunard reps are meeting this week with Massport and the Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau to plan the events.
"Boston and Cunard have a very long history together," Cunard North American president Stanley Birge said, noting the city saved Cunard from ruin in 1844 when the Britannia was stuck in a frozen Boston Harbor. The mayor raised money, and 1,500 people dug for three days to clear a 10-mile channel of ice so the Britannia could leave with its passengers. The fines that would've been levied against Cunard for being late would have put it out of business, Birge said.
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