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"Old Ironsides" still sails today, 221 years after being launched.
1 posted on 09/20/2018 7:30:59 AM PDT by fugazi
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She sits in a harbor. She “sails” very rarely. And there’s little left of the original ship after numerous renovations.

But she’s still an awesome sight, and a proud reminder of American naval history.


2 posted on 09/20/2018 7:37:30 AM PDT by IronJack
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Just an aside, when I read Commiskey in the headline, I remembered Obama making the mistake of calling the White Sox ballpark ‘Cominskey’. At the time I thought, ‘did he ever even live in Chicago? NO ONE who ever lived in Chicago would call that ballpark Cominskey’. Ok, now I will read the story.....thanks for posting.


3 posted on 09/20/2018 7:38:53 AM PDT by originalbuckeye ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell)
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To: ro_dreaming; FreedomPoster; mass55th; abb; AlaskaErik

Ping list


6 posted on 09/20/2018 7:49:00 AM PDT by fugazi
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The Constitution was the basis of French privateer “Acheron” from the movie “Master and Commander: Far Side of the World”. In the original novel the bad guy was an American frigate, based on the USS Essex.


8 posted on 09/20/2018 7:54:53 AM PDT by C19fan
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Thank you!!


11 posted on 09/20/2018 8:29:21 AM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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Obama ends 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' in 2011

15 posted on 09/20/2018 8:54:22 AM PDT by Snickering Hound
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