And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Saturday, April 26, 2025
HMS Victory's middle gun deck: twenty eight 24-pounder cannon
Several years ago, I was blessed to be able to visit the USS Constitution ("Old Ironsides") in Boston Harbor. This photo image looks very similar to what the ship that I got to visit looks like. Impressive.
Several years ago, I was blessed to be able to visit the USS Constitution ("Old Ironsides") in Boston Harbor. This photo image looks very similar to what the ship that I got to visit looks like. Impressive.
ReplyDeleteEvery day my daughter goes to work she passes the Constitution.
DeleteI truly feel for your daughter having to deal with Boston traffic. Perhaps some of the worst drivers in the continent.
Deleteson-of-the-gundeck!
ReplyDeleteBeen on that ship, its an impressive piece of weaponry, built like a wooden Fort Knox
ReplyDeleteI am sorry that she was closed to the public when I was there. But she was a sight to behold!
ReplyDeleteIs that a mast?
ReplyDeleteDon't see any monkeys....
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