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  The
Tug is staged between the Maritime Republic of Eastport, the MRE, and
Downtown Annapolis, featuring a 1700’ rope, over 350
tuggers, and more than a thousand spectators. The Tug
transforms Downtown Annapolis and Eastport with a festival-like
atmosphere that includes food vendors, cheering crowds, and all sorts of
local color. The Tug draws on the rivalry between Eastport and the City
of Annapolis, with civic pride on both sides allowing this zany event to
improve more than community morale. The MRE has raised more than
$180,000 for charities over the past eight years.
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more about the 2006 Tug...
What is MRE?
 Like any great movement, the
concept for the Maritime Republic of Eastport began in a local pub over
a couple mugs of beer. The prime mission was to find a creative way
to promote and encourage the patronage of Eastport businesses that were
destined to be hurt by the Maryland State Highway Administration's
shutting down for repair of the drawbridge connecting mainland Annapolis
with the Eastport peninsula. The citizens of Eastport took advantage of
their isolation to sever their social, political and economic ties as
well.
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more about the MRE on their website....
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Once
a year, local and national attention focuses on the Annapolis Harbor
— or, as some like to call it, the Gulf of Eastport —
for a
competition unlike any in the world: the
Slaughter Across the Water. It is the longest tug of war
over a body of water in the world.
