Pirates, Poison, and Professors: A Look at the Skull and Crossbones Symbol

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By Emily Miranker, Project Coordinator Ahoy mateys, greetings on September 19th--National Talk Like A Pirrrrrate Day! Popularized in particular by Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1883 novel Treasure Island, pirates became a part of popular culture and parody pop culture beginning in the late 19th-century.  For me, more than eye patches, peg legs, parrots and treasure maps,…

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