PRAY FOR PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP!
Posted on 05/31/2023 8:09:00 PM PDT by Lakeside Granny
Ronny Jackson
@RonnyJacksonTX
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It’s now been revealed that Biden is using a CPAP machine when he sleeps. WHY hasn’t Biden’s medical team previously disclosed this? If they’re hiding this, WHAT ELSE ARE THEY HIDING? This is the LEAST TRANSPARENT White House in history!!
PRayers for Mike, Spunky.
Hope all goes well.
James Woods
@RealJamesWoods
In a little known battle John Barry demonstrates the ingenuity and leadership that became his standard throughout the Revolutionary War. With the eventual founding of the new nation, Barry received the first naval commission from President George Washington. Commodore John Barry has since been acknowledged as “the Father of the American Navy.”
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The Nancy explodes at the Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet
On this day in history, June 29, 1776, the Nancy explodes at the Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet, a little known early naval battle in the Revolutionary War, but one that was important to the career of the man who would be called the “Father of the American Navy,” Captain John Barry.
Early in the Revolution, Continental Congressman Robert Morris chartered the brig Nancy to deliver arms to the Continental Army. Captain Hugh Montgomery traveled to the Caribbean in the spring of 1776 and loaded tons of gunpowder and other supplies. Meanwhile, back in the colonies, the British had established a blockade of the Delaware Bay to prevent ships from supplying Philadelphia.
John Barry was one of the first captains commissioned by the Continental Congress to command a ship in the Continental Navy. He was given command of the USS Lexington which he first sailed on March 31, 1776. Morris sent word to Captain Barry that the Nancy would soon be approaching Philadelphia and would need protection from the blockade. Barry, on the Lexington, along with the USS Reprisal, captained by Lambert Wickes and the USS Wasp, captained by William Hallock, patrolled the mouth of the bay, waiting for the arrival of the Nancy.
On June 28, the three ship British blockade spotted the Nancy and gave pursuit. Signals were exchanged between the Nancy, spotters on shore and the Lexington indicating the need for assistance. Through the night, the British continued pursuing the Nancy. Unable to enter the bay, Captain Montgomery turned into a small inlet called Turtle Gut Inlet where the Nancy ran ashore in shallow water early on the morning of the 29th. The larger British ships were unable to pursue her, but began bombarding the ship from a distance.
Captain Barry ordered longboats from the Lexington, Reprisal and Wasp to go to Nancy’s rescue, where they began unloading the gunpowder and taking it to land where it was hidden by locals. Part of Barry’s men kept up the return fire to prevent British longboats from getting near enough to board the ship. In a few hours, with 2/3 of the gunpowder unloaded and the Nancy seriously damaged from cannon fire, Barry ordered his men to abandon ship. As they left, he had them secure 50 pounds of gunpowder to the main mast, tie it up with the main sail and run it down the side of the ship. The fuse was set alight as the crew abandoned ship. Their last act was the removal of the flag from the mast.
The British soldiers who were floating in longboats nearby, saw the removal of the flag as an act of surrender and rowed toward the Nancy. Just as the first soldiers began to board the ship, the fire from the fuse reached the gunpowder. The powder on the deck and the 100 barrels remaining in the hold caused a massive explosion which could be heard all the way to Philadelphia 80 miles away. The entire 7 man crew of the first British longboat was killed.
The Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet brought Captain Barry to Congress’ attention. He was congratulated for his bravery and ingenuity in securing the gunpowder and rescuing the crew of the Nancy. He would go on to capture over 20 British vessels during the war. After the Revolution, he would receive the US Navy’s first commission from President George Washington, making him Commodore John Barry. Due to his role in organizing and training many of the first officers of the US Navy, he is often called the “Father of the American Navy.”
http://revolutionary-war-and-beyond.com
11:25 AM · Jun 29, 2023
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If this guy has a Canadian accent I can’t hear anything different from how we talk around here.
Is this how you sound, Judy?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LerKaCaiXVs
Well, that’s about what I sound like, only a few octaves higher lol. I may sound just like that first thing in the mornig lol.
Well, if y’all sound like this guy in Arizona (actually, I probably sound a lot like Kari Lake...but I sure as shootin’ don’t look like her lol!), then it must be those guys from Tennessee that have the accent!
OMGosh, this is too rich.
DeSactimonious just got busted bussing in and paying people to attend his Iowa events.
And they aren’t even all Iowans.
You can’t make this stuff up!!!
LOL you are too cute!
Our Aussie DIL and grandkids definitely have more of a British accent.
It has rubbed off on son too so he now has the same accent.
You sure can tell what part of the US a person is from by how they sound.
Just back town today. Do not know much about the fire. I belive that the evacuations are over. I think it was a brush fire in N/e Scottsdale. Pinnacle Preak?
The way Kari sounds is typical as to how we sound in Arizona.
Nothing different, nothing unusual.
That’s me! Nothing different. Nothing unusual! I am stunningly ordinary!
Me too, Judy.
Kambree
@KamVTV
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17m
He’s not mentally fit to run.
Biden confuses the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence while accusing the Supreme Court of not “embracing” the Constitution.
He then says “we fought a war...in 1960.”
https://twitter.com/KamVTV/status/1674554172870467586
1:02 video
🚨🚨🚨BREAKING - Biden impeachment has passed the floor and is headed to committees for consideration🚨🚨🚨
Let’s hope for quick and swift action… #IMPEAHBIDEN
pic.twitter.com/AAqcekzLdv— 🌟🇺🇸Nancy Hamm🇺🇸🌟 (@nancy_hamm1) June 29, 2023
Emerald Robinson ✝️
@EmeraldRobinson
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5m
A vote for Tim Scott or Nimrata Haley or Chris Christie or Mike Pence is a vote to support the status quo of American politics.
Why do they have no supporters? Because that status quo is gone.
That’s why their campaigns seem not just stale or awful but dead at launch.
I was born in Idaho and raised in WA and people think I am from the South because of the way I pronounce my words.
Sheriff is (Shareif). Onion is (unyoung) and Creek is (Crick).
My kids tease me a lot because of it.
“Biden impeachment has passed the floor and is headed to committees for consideration🚨🚨🚨”
This is an exercise in futility. The Senate will NEVER pass it.
I was born in Utah and moved to New Mexico when I was 11.
Spent many summers in Idaho before move.
Friends in NM said I had an accent, I pronounced those same words the way you did.
Said harse for horse.
I worked hard at correcting my speech to fit in.
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