FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip ~ Cape May, New Jersey ~ 11MAR 2008

Serving The Best Troops And Veterans In The World | The Canteen Crew

[laurenmarlowe]

 

 

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~

Road Trip: Cape May, New Jersey

Coast Guard Training Center Cape May is the home of the Coast Guard enlisted corps - it is the U. S. Coast Guard enlisted accession point and recruit training center. The finest young men and women in service to the United States of America pass through the gates each year. The goal at Cape May is to graduate apprentices with the pride, commitment and basic skills to serve the American Public in the U.S. Coast Guard.

United States Coast Guard Training Center Cape May is the home of the Coast Guard enlisted corps and is the Coast Guard's only enlisted accession point and recruit training center.

Sewell Point, the area occupied by the Training Center, has a long history of naval presence. During the American Revolutionary War and throughout the nineteenth century, Cape May Sound was used as a harbor of refuge. In 1917, the Navy established a "section base" in Cape May, to provide training, vessel support and communication facilities for coastal defense.

Initially, the Navy converted an abandoned amusement center, built along the oceanfront, for military use. The old skating rink became the mess hall and sleeping quarters, the stage was made into a galley, the "human roulette wheel" -- a scrub table and the "barrel of fun" became a brig. When the old wooden structure burned down in 1918, the Navy built standard military facilities along the harbor front (some of these buildings still stand today).

Read More About the Cape May Training School!

The Cape May Lighthouse is a lighthouse located in New Jersey at the tip of Cape May, in the town of Cape May Point. It was built in 1859, was automated in 1946, and continues operation to this day. There are 199 steps to the top of the Lighthouse. The view from the top extends to Cape May City and Wildwood to the north, Cape May Point to the south, and, on a clear day, Cape Henlopen, Delaware, to the west.

The lighthouse is owned by the United States Coast Guard, which maintains it as an active aid to maritime navigation. The Coast Guard leases the structure and the grounds (but not the navigation equipment) to the State of New Jersey which, in turn, sub-leases the structure and grounds to the Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts (MAC).

MAC raises funds for the restoration and upkeep of the structure and allows visitors to climb to the top. On the way, MAC has placed interpretive exhibits about the lighthouse's history, the lives of the former keepers, and other maritime history of the Jersey Cape.

Learn More About the Cape May Lighthouse Here!

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT~Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allies military and the family members of the above. Honoring those who have served before. 

Please remember: The Canteen is a place to honor and entertain our troops. The Canteen is family friendly. Let's have fun!

We pray for your continued strength, to be strong in the face of adversity.

We pray for your safety, that you will return to your families and friends soon.

We pray that your hope, courage, and dignity remain unbroken, so that you may show others the way.

God Bless You All ~ Today, Tomorrow and Always

 

 

[SandRat]

Imgr8t said:

My (soon to be) brother in law died in this blast tonight. Our household is a wreck. Please pray for us. Third Infantry Division.

4 posted on 03/10/2008 6:56:01 PM MDT by Imgr8t
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[Tanniker Smith]

Woo Hoo! Road Trip!!
I'm packed and ready to goooo.... New Jersey??? sigh.

Good evening, everyone!

[Kathy in Alaska]

And The Mayor buzzes in for the bronze!

[GoldStarBrother]

Tunes For The Troops

 

Want more information about the artists we play? Perhaps you'd like to buy concert tickets or their CD's? Click the links at the top of the thread for information on purchasing this music!

Artist/Title: 
Nightwish - Highest Hopes - The Best Of Nightwish
 

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[yorkie]

Kathy, thank you for posting this.

[laurenmarlowe]

Howdy Tann! Glad you’re packed and ready to go.

Bein’ from Texas, and not been to the Northeast, not real sure ‘bout New Jersey, but the coast sure looks pretty!

[laurenmarlowe]

Thank you for posting Sand.

[MeekMom]

re: 121
Oh dear!
Prayers going up to the Father in Jesus’ name.
Thanks for letting us know, Sandy. :(

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Prayers sent, Sandy!
It’s so sad..
It really tears me up..

[GoldStarBrother]

Tunes For The Troops

 

Want more information about the artists we play? Perhaps you'd like to buy concert tickets or their CD's? Click the links at the top of the thread for information on purchasing this music!

Artist/Title: 
Nightwish - I wish I had an Angel
 

CLICK AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!  

 

[Randy Larsen]

OH PROCON! I would love to be able to! Let me see how my finances work out, I just had to shell out $8500 for a new HVAC system.

I promise to try mt best!

[SandRat]

Kathy pointed me to the news at repply #69.

[Tanniker Smith]

Well, if you're from New York, you only go to New Jersey for the shopping and get out as fast as you can. ;-)

Yeah, some New Yorkers head "down the shore" 'cause they can't afford anything on Long Island (which is never actually pronouced "Lawn Guyland" despite what you might hear on TV).

[luvie]

That is great! I think that just made your birthday perfect!

Give him a (((hug))) from LUV. If he doesn’t mind hugs from older women. :D

[PROCON]

Sounds good Randy, I’ll keep you posted!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Sand, for bringing it over.

[MeekMom]

re: post 69
Sad news indeed.
Prayers sent/being sent. :(

God bless the families involved.

[laurenmarlowe]

Gotta scoot, I am so not ready for my boss to be here tomorrow. Thanks for all the fun!

Y’all have a great Tuesday!

[MeekMom]

aww, thank you dearheart!!
If he doesn’t like it, it’s just too bad. LOL :D

[SandRat]

Just tryin to do what Brian would’ve done.