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{{Short description|Non-profit historic preservation organization}}
{{Infobox organization
| name = Waterfront Historic Area LeaguE
| leader_name = Erin D. A. Miranda
| website = https://waterfrontleague.org/
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}}{{Short description|Non-profit historic preservation organization}}The '''Waterfront Historic Area LeaguE''', also known as '''WHALE''', is a non-profit [[historic preservation]] organization located in [[New Bedford, Massachusetts]]. Its mission is: "to promote the value and reuse of greater New Bedford's historic structures through preservation, education and advocacy".<ref name="waterfrontleague.org">WHALE - Waterfront Historic Area League. 26 May 2009 <http://www.waterfrontleague.org>.</ref> The organization often promotes its cause with the words of Sarah Delano (President of WHALE, 1966-1982). Delano said, "If you bulldoze your heritage, you become just anywhere".<ref name="McCabe, Marsha 1995">McCabe, Marsha, and Joseph D. Thomas. Not Just Anywhere. New Bedford, MA: Spinner Publications, Inc., 1995.</ref>
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