The brisk April breeze sweeping across Newark Bay carried the crisp, invigorating smell of salt marsh, fresh cedar sawdust, and turning earth. On the twenty-acre former naval reserve depot adjacent to Berth 24, a massive white pavilion had been erected for the official groundbreaking ceremony of the *Cross-Vance Global Maritime Academy*. Over one thousand dockworkers, union mechanics, city officials, and international maritime scholars had gathered beneath the high canvas canopies.…
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