{"id":19653,"date":"2020-01-13T13:27:20","date_gmt":"2020-01-13T21:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-ehc-english-ucsb-edu-v01.pantheonsite.io\/?p=19653"},"modified":"2020-03-21T21:42:59","modified_gmt":"2020-03-22T04:42:59","slug":"old-father-hudson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/?p=19653","title":{"rendered":"Old Father Hudson"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex_column av_two_third  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-first  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><p><br \/>\n<div  class='avia-video avia-video-16-9   av-lazyload-immediate  av-lazyload-video-embed  '   itemprop=\"video\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"  data-original_url='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hmmwa4EpZNo' ><script type='text\/html' class='av-video-tmpl'><div class='avia-iframe-wrap'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Old Father Hudson\" width=\"1500\" height=\"844\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hmmwa4EpZNo?feature=oembed&autoplay=0&loop=0&controls=1&mute=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/script><div class='av-click-to-play-overlay'><div class=\"avia_playpause_icon\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p><\/div><div class=\"flex_column av_one_third  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_two_third  avia-builder-el-last  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><p><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><strong>Old Father Hudson<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Pete Seeger<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">1974<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the mid-1960&#8217;s folk giant Pete Seeger came up with the idea of building a boat to save the Hudson River.\u00a0 Since the first humans stumbled upon its banks the river has been pivotal, from being a pathway for trade to a source of food, but industry and urbanization took a major toll on the river\u2019s health.\u00a0 The result of Seeger\u2019s dream was <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clearwater<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a replica of 19th century trading sloops. 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