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Gilbert de Motier,the Marquis de Lafayette, named his son George Washington Lafayette.
2 posted on
06/07/2015 8:45:15 AM PDT by
Mollypitcher1
(I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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3 posted on
06/07/2015 8:46:10 AM PDT by
nikos1121
("The enemy of your enemy is your enemy!" B. Netanyahu)
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Something I have long wondered: How did the French navy go from dominating the British in the 1780s to being humiliated in 1805?
4 posted on
06/07/2015 8:46:32 AM PDT by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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7 posted on
06/07/2015 8:52:37 AM PDT by
Sans-Culotte
(Psalm 14:1 ~ The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.”)
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Why is the voyage “historic?”
8 posted on
06/07/2015 8:53:10 AM PDT by
Cowboy Bob
(Isn't it funny that Socialists never want to share their own money?)
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I’ve wondered exactly what these war ships looked like. They took years to build, and the cost, comparatively, was about the same then as today.
9 posted on
06/07/2015 8:55:13 AM PDT by
odawg
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10 posted on
06/07/2015 8:58:17 AM PDT by
Paulie
(America without Christianity is like a Chemistry book without the periodic table.)
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Nice looking ship. A bit gaudy next to a British ship of the line, but a “right smart build.”
11 posted on
06/07/2015 8:58:28 AM PDT by
IronJack
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15 posted on
06/07/2015 9:26:03 AM PDT by
nikos1121
("The enemy of your enemy is your enemy!" B. Netanyahu)
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Does it equipped with a bidet?
16 posted on
06/07/2015 9:27:30 AM PDT by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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The French entry into the war nailed down independence for the US. When France entered the war, Britain decided to cut off any more resources to the North American theatre, in order to redeploy them to the defense of the Home Islands, India, and the West Indies. Though they did not end the North American war in 1779, they just downgraded its importance to last.
18 posted on
06/07/2015 9:39:43 AM PDT by
gusty
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Beautiful! Especially with the cannons run out.
22 posted on
06/07/2015 9:56:25 AM PDT by
raybbr
(Obamacare needs a deatha panel.)
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What sort of engines did the original Hermione have? The replica moves pretty smartly with the sails furled.
28 posted on
06/07/2015 10:29:08 AM PDT by
ThanhPhero
(Khach san La Vang hanh huong tham vieng Maria)
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Thanks for posting this. As a sailor, tall ship fan and a history buff, I very much enjoyed it. Wife and I served as crew on the Endeavour replica (Capt. James Cook’s ship) sailing from Vancouver BC to Kailua-Kona, Hawaii for our honeymoon. It was the experience of a lifetime.
32 posted on
06/07/2015 11:14:07 AM PDT by
Chuckster
("Them Rag Heads just ain't rational" Curly Bartley 1973)
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37 posted on
06/07/2015 12:28:53 PM PDT by
ForYourChildren
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Lest we forget.
France helped birth this nation of free men.
That's why we went back to Europe twice.
41 posted on
06/07/2015 3:22:43 PM PDT by
Mariner
(War Criminal #18 - Be The Leaderless Resistance)
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” It was a battle a young America was losing — the battle for independence.”
For whatever odd reason I read that line in the voice of the guy who narrates the Ken Burns Documentaries.
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Awesome. But they need to replace the Napoleonic tricolor with the Bourbon solid white naval ensign for authenticity.
51 posted on
06/07/2015 9:38:50 PM PDT by
ZULU
(Boehner and McConnell are Obama's Strumpets.)
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54 posted on
06/08/2015 10:38:08 AM PDT by
Skooz
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Thanks for posting. Beautiful ship and terrific replica!
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