104 years Ago Today: First Lepers Arrive on Penikese

This link from Mass Moments of the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities, was forwarded to Penikese by friends Roy Hammer and Jim Hinkle today. As the title implies, the piece details the arrival in 1905 of the first patients to the newly established leprosarium on Penikese Island, opening yet another fascinating chapter in this little island's rich history.

We gave the cemetery its final fall mowing just a couple weeks ago...