Boston anchors Cunard anniversary plan

Luxury ocean liner service Cunard Line will celebrate the 175th anniversary of its first trans-Atlantic crossing next year in Boston, where its Britannia mail steamer arrived from Liverpool in 1840 on the company's first U.S. stop. Cunard's flagship Queen Mary 2 will make an expanded version of that crossing in a 12-night cruise from Liverpool to Halifax, Canada, before arriving in Boston on July 12. "Boston is and always will be a very important city, and we plan on making a big deal out of it next year," spokeswoman Jackie Chase said yesterday on the QM2, which was docked in the Hub and hosted dignitaries to mark the vessel's 10th anniversary and preview next year's festivities.

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