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.
You shoulda seen the one before that! Excerpt from Wikipedia...
"USCGC Eagle (WIX-327), formerly known as Horst Wessel and also as Barque Eagle, is a 296-foot (90 m) barque used as a training cutter for future officers of the United States Coast Guard. She is one of only two active commissioned sailing vessels in the US military today, along with the USS Constitution."
Built by Blohm+Voss, Hamburg and launched on 13 June 1936. Captured after the war ended in April 1945, it was transferred to the US as a war prize.
You shoulda seen the one before that!
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"USCGC Eagle (WIX-327), formerly known as Horst Wessel and also as Barque Eagle, is a 296-foot (90 m) barque used as a training cutter for future officers of the United States Coast Guard. She is one of only two active commissioned sailing vessels in the US military today, along with the USS Constitution."
Built by Blohm+Voss, Hamburg and launched on 13 June 1936. Captured after the war ended in April 1945, it was transferred to the US as a war prize.
Bayouwulf
Blohm & Voss also built the Bismark.
ReplyDeleteI saw a ten foot model of the Bismark when we were there in about 2010.