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- In Wildwood, New Jersey, the third weekend in May is known as "Captain Kidd's Weekend". During this weekend, children dig up small candy-filled plastic treasure chests buried on the beach. Here, the name "Kidd" is a pun to the word "kid", a slang term that has come to mean "child".
- In Corunna, Ontario, Canada, the first weekend in August is known as "Captain Kidd Days".
- There is a public house, The Captain Kidd, next to the Thames in the Wapping area of London, close to Execution Dock where Kidd was hanged.
- There is the Captain Kidd Bar that has been located in Woods Hole, Massachusetts for over 100 years.
- Kidd's Beach, a holiday town just southwest of East London on South Africa's east coast is reputedly named for the pirate who is said to have landed there.
- Seattle Seafair Prirate's celebrate opening day with the landing of Captain Kidd's ship on Alki beach in the Puget Sound.
- Bass player, Dougie Poynter from the band McFly, is releasing a new clothing range in February 2012 called "Saint Kidd" named after Captain William Kidd as Poynter's tribute to his love of piracy.
Read more about this topic: William Kidd, In Popular Culture