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.
Why the three rope ladders and the walkway?
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Captain's gig and shuttle launches.
DeleteIIRC thats a boat boom to allow people to board and leave the ship’s boats.
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ReplyDeleteSome big anchor chain there…
ReplyDeleteThe Hornet is a museum in Alameda Kali…been on it many a time. Great ship.
ReplyDeleteBirds on their roost.
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