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FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip ~ Cape May, New Jersey ~ 11MAR 2008
Serving The Best Troops And Veterans In The World | The Canteen Crew

Posted on 03/10/2008 6:00:09 PM PDT by laurenmarlowe

 
 

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~

Road Trip: Cape May, New Jersey

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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.

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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.

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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).

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Read More About the Cape May Training School!

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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.

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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!

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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!

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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

 

 



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To: laurenmarlowe

Thank you Lauren...it’s feels good to be here!


161 posted on 03/10/2008 7:05:24 PM PDT by eleni121 (Solzhenitsyn on the bombing of Serbia: "no difference whatsoever between NATO and the Nazis")
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To: LUV W

Took so long to refresh the screen, I thought you’d have another one by now.


162 posted on 03/10/2008 7:05:52 PM PDT by Tanniker Smith (I kid because I love . . . and I loved and now have kids.)
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To: laurenmarlowe; SandRat; LUV W
wh!!

lauren.....#50!!
Sand.....#100!!
Luv.....#150!!


163 posted on 03/10/2008 7:07:00 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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To: MeekMom

Happy Birthday, MeekMom. Hugs.


164 posted on 03/10/2008 7:07:10 PM PDT by TASMANIANRED (TAZ:Untamed, Unpredictable, Uninhibited.)
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To: laurenmarlowe
Aloha Lauren!

Eight bells and all is well!
165 posted on 03/10/2008 7:07:26 PM PDT by BIGLOOK (Keelhaul politicians. The Ship of State needs a good scrubbing!)
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To: Randy Larsen
That was bad!

Click on the link ... they get worse.

Do your students really like you?LOL!

No.

166 posted on 03/10/2008 7:07:27 PM PDT by Tanniker Smith (I kid because I love . . . and I loved and now have kids.)
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To: Tanniker Smith
So if what I've read is correct, not only will New York soon have its first black governor, but we'll also have the nation's first legally blind governor.

How's that for trend setting.

167 posted on 03/10/2008 7:09:21 PM PDT by Tanniker Smith (I kid because I love . . . and I loved and now have kids.)
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To: Kathy in Alaska

Prayers lifted for these fine patriots and their families..


168 posted on 03/10/2008 7:09:34 PM PDT by TASMANIANRED (TAZ:Untamed, Unpredictable, Uninhibited.)
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To: laurenmarlowe

Your more than welcome sis Have a great evening and GOOD Luck tomorrow.B.I.T. = (boss in town) = Stress..(hugs)


169 posted on 03/10/2008 7:10:35 PM PDT by GoldStarBrother ("A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer." Emerson)
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To: laurenmarlowe

Hi Lauren, Kathy!


170 posted on 03/10/2008 7:11:00 PM PDT by MoochPooch (I'm a compassionate cynic.)
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To: laurenmarlowe; All
Good morning Troops, Veterans and Canteeners.

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Our Flag Flying Proudly One Nation Under God

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Lord, Please Bless Our Troops, They're fighting for our Freedom.

I pledge allegiance to the Flag
of the United States of America,
and to the Republic, for which it stands;
one nation UNDER GOD,
indivisible,
with liberty and justice for all.

Prayers going up.


171 posted on 03/10/2008 7:11:10 PM PDT by HopeandGlory (Hey, Liberals . . . PC died on 9/11 . . . GET USED TO IT!!!)
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To: laurenmarlowe

Best to visit when spring has really sprung....

The teasers are just not fun..

60 one day and then 17 with a foot of snow in the same week.


172 posted on 03/10/2008 7:11:38 PM PDT by TASMANIANRED (TAZ:Untamed, Unpredictable, Uninhibited.)
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To: LUV W

Evening Luvvy. Hugs.


173 posted on 03/10/2008 7:12:29 PM PDT by TASMANIANRED (TAZ:Untamed, Unpredictable, Uninhibited.)
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To: MeekMom
~MeekMom~

Have A Wonderful Day!

174 posted on 03/10/2008 7:12:35 PM PDT by MEG33 (God Bless Our Military)
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To: All

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 - Kuolema Tekee Taitejlijan (Singel Från Once)
 
CLICK AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!  


 



175 posted on 03/10/2008 7:12:55 PM PDT by GoldStarBrother ("A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer." Emerson)
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To: laurenmarlowe; TASMANIANRED
Good evening to you TAZ! *HUGS* Someday I hope to get up that way.

Me, too. Taz promised me a whole lot of food and teased me something fierce with those recipes on the previous thread!

176 posted on 03/10/2008 7:13:44 PM PDT by Tanniker Smith (I kid because I love . . . and I loved and now have kids.)
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To: Kathy in Alaska

Evening Kathy. Hugs.


177 posted on 03/10/2008 7:13:49 PM PDT by TASMANIANRED (TAZ:Untamed, Unpredictable, Uninhibited.)
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To: Randy Larsen

Evening Randy...


178 posted on 03/10/2008 7:14:37 PM PDT by TASMANIANRED (TAZ:Untamed, Unpredictable, Uninhibited.)
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To: SandRat

Evening Sandy.

Prayers sent in abundance.


179 posted on 03/10/2008 7:15:09 PM PDT by TASMANIANRED (TAZ:Untamed, Unpredictable, Uninhibited.)
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To: Tanniker Smith

Evening QT pi.


180 posted on 03/10/2008 7:15:27 PM PDT by TASMANIANRED (TAZ:Untamed, Unpredictable, Uninhibited.)
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