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To: stockpirate; Pharmboy; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; ...
Thanks stockpirate for the ping.
Now, a new report finds that tree rings in those waterlogged ribs show the vessel was likely built in 1773, or soon after, in a small shipyard near Philadelphia. What's more, the ship was perhaps made from the same kind of white oak trees used to build parts of Independence Hall, where the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution were signed...

13 posted on 07/30/2014 2:52:17 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SunkenCiv

Thanks for the ping! That was pretty interesting!


15 posted on 07/30/2014 3:05:31 PM PDT by Monkey Face (One day on Mercury lasts 1408 hours: The same length as one Monday on Earth.)
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To: SunkenCiv

17 posted on 07/30/2014 3:15:37 PM PDT by NYer ("You are a puff of smoke that appears briefly and then disappears." James 4:14)
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To: SunkenCiv; the scotsman; indcons; Chani; thefactor; blam; aculeus; ELS; Doctor Raoul; ...
Thanks for the post, Scotty and the ping, SunkenCiv! Great stuff.

A shiver me timbers ping to the list

The RevWar/Colonial History/General Washington ping list

20 posted on 07/30/2014 5:54:26 PM PDT by Pharmboy (Democrats lie because they must.)
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