International Talk Like a Pirate Day is a parodic holiday created in 1995 by John Baur (Ol' Chumbucket) and Mark Summers (Cap'n Slappy), of Albany, Oregon, U.S., who proclaimed September 19 each year as the day when everyone in the world should talk like a pirate.  An observer of this holiday would greet friends not with "Hello, everyone!" but with "Ahoy, maties!" or "Ahoy, me hearties!" The holiday, and its observance, springs from a romanticized view of the Golden Age of Piracy.

But Made From RI, while fans of talkin' all piraty and all, we also appreciate the true piratic history. Some of that history centers about Newport, Rhode Island... from just happening to not have a Letter of Marque to abosolute brigands. Pirates of Colonial Newport covers it all. And we carry it at MadeFromRI.com. Click the link below to see more me hearties!