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1 posted on 04/19/2015 4:16:16 AM PDT by WhiskeyX
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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
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That’s pretty cool.


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.)
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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.)
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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...)
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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.)
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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??)
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To: SunkenCiv

ping


10 posted on 04/19/2015 5:15:43 AM PDT by SteveH
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To: WhiskeyX

No mention of Rochambeau??


11 posted on 04/19/2015 5:15:46 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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A FRench FRigate, FReepers!


16 posted on 04/19/2015 6:22:58 AM PDT by 9thLife ("Life is a military endeavor..." -- Pope Francis)
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To: WhiskeyX

Safe voyage, mon ami...


17 posted on 04/19/2015 6:28:51 AM PDT by moovova
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