Essex: Salimaker Joshua Bevins of Gloucester gives his dog Bear some love as the Essex Shipbuilding Museum hosted its first annual Salty Dog Day offering the community a chance to explore how dogs have been and continue to be important friends on land and at sea. Also pictured is nancy Barba, her daughter Eliza and their dog Diva who were just learning form Bevins about how to pound in a grommet which were used to make sails. Mary Muckenhoupt/Gloucester Daily Times

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