1 posted on
04/19/2015 4:16:16 AM PDT by
WhiskeyX
To: WhiskeyX
click the link and view a short, fascinating news report ... excellent photography
2 posted on
04/19/2015 4:22:56 AM PDT by
knarf
To: WhiskeyX
3 posted on
04/19/2015 4:53:04 AM PDT by
ought-six
( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
To: WhiskeyX
She’ll be in Yorktown VA (my home town) the first week of June.
The battle of Yorktown was in late September and Early October 1781. I like to tell folks if Washington had not defeated Cornwallis we would still be speaking English in this country.
4 posted on
04/19/2015 4:57:44 AM PDT by
outofsalt
( If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
To: WhiskeyX
I hope they aren’t taking the trip too lightly. A huge percentage of the ships that set sail back in the day were simply never heard from again. Something like 25% IIRC.
5 posted on
04/19/2015 5:03:18 AM PDT by
TalBlack
(Evil doesn't have a day job...)
To: WhiskeyX
I sometimes wonder how things might have gone if not for supplies, money and arms from France, soldiers from there, and the French Navy bothering the Royal Navy.
8 posted on
04/19/2015 5:11:34 AM PDT by
Dartman
(Canadian, eh. And proud of it.)
To: WhiskeyX
We sure could use a Lafayette today.
9 posted on
04/19/2015 5:15:20 AM PDT by
ZULU
(Je Suis Charlie. . GET IT OBAMA, OR DON'T YOU??)
To: SunkenCiv
10 posted on
04/19/2015 5:15:43 AM PDT by
SteveH
To: WhiskeyX
No mention of Rochambeau??
To: WhiskeyX
A FRench FRigate, FReepers!
16 posted on
04/19/2015 6:22:58 AM PDT by
9thLife
("Life is a military endeavor..." -- Pope Francis)
To: WhiskeyX
17 posted on
04/19/2015 6:28:51 AM PDT by
moovova
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