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President Biden marked the coming of Passover in a message Sunday, tying the Jewish holiday to the Israel-Hamas war and doubling down on his support for Israel in the conflict. “This holiday reminds us of a profound and powerful truth: that even in the face of persecution, if we hold on to faith, we shall endure and overcome,” Biden wrote. “We can never forget the horror of Hamas’ despicable atrocities.”

The HMVS Cerberus is a breakwater shipwreck that served as part of the Victorian Naval Forces when Australia was still a British colony and also as part of the Royal Australian Navy until 1924. It now rests just off the coast as a rusting scrap. Named for Cerberus, the ferocious three-headed dog that guards the entrance to Hades, this 225-foot-long warship was built for the colony of Victoria in 1870. It was the first "breastwork monitor," an innovation of designer Edward James Reed. As such, the ship included a central, armored structure that contained rotating gun turrets, the bridge, funnels,...

Tonnage and undersized propulsion, combined with the strength of the Savannah River's currents and tides, pigeonholed the vessel into becoming a floating battery across from Old Fort Jackson, where it guarded against a Union naval advance into Savannah.

Faces of Civil War sailors from sunken USS Monitor reconstructed in hopes of identifying them Faces of 2 USS Monitor crewmembers reconstructed Recovery: The turret of the Civil War ironclad USS Monitor is lifted out of the ocean off the coast of Hatteras, N.C. on August 5, 2002 RICHMOND, Va. — When the turret of the Civil War ironclad Monitor was raised from the ocean bottom, two skeletons and the tattered remnants of their uniforms were discovered in the rusted hulk of the Union Civil War ironclad, mute and nameless witnesses to the cost of war. A rubber comb was...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Military secrecy was a bit lax during the Civil War, by today’s standards, but contractor deadlines were a lot tighter.The technology that revolutionized naval warfare began with a five-sentence message delivered to The New York Times 150 years ago, on Aug. 9, 1861, and the information was not exactly classified. It was an advertisement placed by the Union Navy, to appear the following six days, under the heading “Iron-Clad Steam Vessels.”

Saturday, August 14, 2004 Vets' evidence against Kerry ironclad Posted: August 14, 20041:00 a.m. Eastern By Henry Lamb © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com John McCain dishonored himself when he appeared with John Kerry to denounce the statements of the Vietnam veterans who say John Kerry is unfit to be commander in chief. McCain obviously spoke before he knew the facts. The Kerry campaign and much of the media went ballistic when a television ad featuring several veterans who oppose Kerry's candidacy was aired by Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. The Kerry campaign immediately launched a campaign to get TV stations to bar the ad,...

Divers find Confederate ironclad in 'very nice' condition Monday, September 15, 2003 | Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. -- An iron-seeking salvage team tried to blow it up soon after the Civil War. Then it lay submerged for more than 100 years, a hidden behemoth, out of sight and mostly out of mind in the dark waters of the Savannah River. Even so, the remains of the CSS Georgia - a Confederate ironclad ship that the rebels purposely sank in December 1864 as Union troops marched toward Fort Jackson - is "still a very nice shipwreck," says Judy Wood, a U.S....

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - The museum conserving artifacts from the wreckage of the USS Monitor also is trying to tell the story of the Union ship's Confederate opponent in the historic first clash of ironclads.So when a private collector recently offered to sell the drawing that guided the construction of the CSS Virginia, The Mariners' Museum snapped it up."It's a spectacularly valuable historic document," said John Hightower, the museum's president and chief executive officer, because it was instrumental in convincing the Confederate navy to build a ship covered in iron plates to repel cannon balls.However, whether the drawing will end...

<p>HATTERAS, North Carolina (AP) -- Navy divers preparing to raise the 160-ton gun turret of the ironclad USS Monitor from the bottom of the Atlantic have found what is believed to be the skeleton of one of the Civil War ship's doomed sailors.</p>

Special report: The Monitor MissionThe Virginian-Pilot© July 21, 2002 This month, off North Carolina, archaeologists and Navy divers plan to recover the most revered artifact of the ironclad Monitor. The first revolving gun turret, ridiculed by Confederates as ''a cheese box on a raft,'' is coming back to Hampton Roads 140 years after a storm sent it to the ocean floor. Part 1: "Raise the cheese box!"Descending 240 feet below the ocean's surface to the ancient remains of the Monitor is like visiting the great-great-grandmother of modern warships.Full story / Slide show Part 2: Divers are on a sacred questAn...