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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: Mrs.Nooseman

That does it! I am looking for a ticket!

Just kidding...but wish I could! I would LOVE to eat your
Wienerschnitzel....and not the nasty hot dog of the same
name that they sell around here! LOL!


321 posted on 03/10/2008 8:17:34 PM PDT by luvie (“Life is a precious gift from God, and we should embrace it.” \:D/)
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To: Randy Larsen

They have been in office here since January and they are already talking about raising taxes.

Don’t think they ever think about anything else.


322 posted on 03/10/2008 8:18:45 PM PDT by TASMANIANRED (TAZ:Untamed, Unpredictable, Uninhibited.)
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To: PROCON

Don’t you guys get mossy.


323 posted on 03/10/2008 8:19:16 PM PDT by TASMANIANRED (TAZ:Untamed, Unpredictable, Uninhibited.)
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To: yorkie

Evening yorkie. Hugs.


324 posted on 03/10/2008 8:19:42 PM PDT by TASMANIANRED (TAZ:Untamed, Unpredictable, Uninhibited.)
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To: LUV W

It’s a good thing I’m behaving myself tonight!

G’Night All!


325 posted on 03/10/2008 8:20:14 PM PDT by Randy Larsen (Arrogance IS my virtue!)
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To: swmobuffalo

Excellent...

Sounds like he is really on the right track...


326 posted on 03/10/2008 8:20:31 PM PDT by TASMANIANRED (TAZ:Untamed, Unpredictable, Uninhibited.)
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To: Kathy in Alaska

Safe trip.. Watch out for Moosies.


327 posted on 03/10/2008 8:21:00 PM PDT by TASMANIANRED (TAZ:Untamed, Unpredictable, Uninhibited.)
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To: yorkie
Dang, Sand! Ya beat me to it! (#300)

I was hoping to get some respect, today! ;-)




"I don't get no respect"

328 posted on 03/10/2008 8:21:41 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: LUV W

LOL.

I wish you could be here on the 19th of April,but I know you got your trip in May.


329 posted on 03/10/2008 8:21:51 PM PDT by Mrs.Nooseman (Proudly supporting our Troops and Allies!!!!)
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To: Randy Larsen

Ferrets are pretty cute..


330 posted on 03/10/2008 8:24:47 PM PDT by TASMANIANRED (TAZ:Untamed, Unpredictable, Uninhibited.)
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To: Randy Larsen

Editorial on certain governing bodies.

331 posted on 03/10/2008 8:26:07 PM PDT by TASMANIANRED (TAZ:Untamed, Unpredictable, Uninhibited.)
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To: TASMANIANRED

Hey, Taz! Hugs back at’cha! How is everything going?

I spent the day in the hospital with my best friend - glad to be back home with more friends! ;-)


332 posted on 03/10/2008 8:26:33 PM PDT by yorkie (No surgeon can perfect God's work)
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To: Mrs.Nooseman

Yes, she does, and I’m not gonna let her back out. ;-)

Wish you could come to AZ in May, too, Mrs. N.


333 posted on 03/10/2008 8:29:13 PM PDT by yorkie (No surgeon can perfect God's work)
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To: 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 - Nimphomaniac Fantasia
 
CLICK AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!  


 



334 posted on 03/10/2008 8:30:07 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: yorkie

Is your friend doing ok....

I’m back at work today. Spend my weekend off being snowed in but it was fun..


335 posted on 03/10/2008 8:30:25 PM PDT by TASMANIANRED (TAZ:Untamed, Unpredictable, Uninhibited.)
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To: SandRat

I can’t get more than a little box with a red “x” in it. See what I mean? No respect! ;-)


336 posted on 03/10/2008 8:30:33 PM PDT by yorkie (No surgeon can perfect God's work)
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To: yorkie

mitz-zel-blick!!! It was a gif of Rodney Dangerfield. Raz-a-Frtzen Dang-Nab........


337 posted on 03/10/2008 8:32:30 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: Randy Larsen

Yeah...”behavin’”

LOL!

Nite, Randy!


338 posted on 03/10/2008 8:33:47 PM PDT by luvie (“Life is a precious gift from God, and we should embrace it.” \:D/)
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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 - Oceanborn
 
CLICK AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!  


 



339 posted on 03/10/2008 8:34:52 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: Mrs.Nooseman

I wish I could be in two places that close together, but my finances would be “ouch”!

Plus, my manager would have a cow! LOL!

I look forward to the pictures that y’all take, though, so I
can live vicariously through you! :D


340 posted on 03/10/2008 8:35:12 PM PDT by luvie (“Life is a precious gift from God, and we should embrace it.” \:D/)
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