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

 

 

[TASMANIANRED]

The unboxing..the other fun part.

It’s normal to be scared when they work on your heart.

Up beat is good...Positive attitude always helps.

I’ll put her in my daily prayers..

[TASMANIANRED]

Tis normal to want to be the mother hen at this point in his recovery.

It’s amazing how speedily they can bounce back.

[TASMANIANRED]

When do the Moosies calf?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Should be starting fairly soon.

[yorkie]

Oh, my gosh! Do I detect some respect? ROTF!

[Jean S]

I’m not a canteener, not enought time, but I like to stop in occasionally to say hi and to say keep up the good work!
bttt

[HiJinx]

Man, that’s a lot of stuff to have in storage. Sounds almost like my storage shed...

First thing I did when the bought the new house two years ago was replace the commodes with raised ones, and added bars to the walls alongside them.

[Jean S]

Ack!
enough
Some day I will learn how to spell.

[yorkie]

I just told her, Taz. I told her who you were. She started crying.

Thank you. Things are on edge right now for her - but I will try to be understanding, quiet when necessary, lending support and an uplifting sense of humor - (and hurt for her inside.)

[HiJinx]

She doesn’t want me to make a prayer thread - she’s too modest.

She's a giver, not a taker, right? Well, she has prayers going up for her, anyway.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good night and rest well, Randy. Thanks for helping honor and entertain our troops and thank you for your service to our country.

[yorkie]

Oh, I know what you mean! When I was staying at a hotel while my dad was in the hospital, there were no bars in the shower, and I think the comode was six inches off the floor. Boy, did I miss home. (;-)

[HiJinx]

Hi, Jean, thanks for dropping in and bumping the thread.

Sump’tin tells me you’re a Canteener at heart - all it takes is love and respect for our troops!

[yorkie]

"She's a giver, not a taker, right?"

She sure is a giver! Even though she does not use the computer, I tell her about every prayer thread, and need on FR. She prays for every one! Every day.

[yorkie]

Hi, Jean S.

I don’t post anywhere near as much as I would like to, but it’s nice to see you here!

[HiJinx]

That kind of personality is pretty obvious from what you said. You’re a good friend to be there for her.

Hmmm....lessee, it’s March....May...60 days give or take...tell ya what, tell your friend we’ll take her out dancing if she feels up to it when we come up. Or, we’ll set outside and watch the shooting stars if that’s more to her liking then.

Good people deserve good things.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Prayers for your friend, her doctors, and her care giver.

[Jean S]

all it takes is love and respect for our troops!

In that case, count me in as a Canteener. I won't post very often but I promise to give your threads an occasional bump and I read them when I get a chance. You're a great group.

[TASMANIANRED]

Most critters drop in the spring.

You should drive through horse country and watch the colts and fillies frolicking in the fields with their Mom’s.

Run and jump for the joy of being alive.

[TASMANIANRED]

I’ll be around if you need me.

Just Freepmail. Sometimes it might take a day to get back.

You sound like just the right kind of nurse for her...Compassionate.