FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Patriots Point, South Carolina ~ 27 JULY 2010

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

[laurenmarlowe]

 

 

 

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~

Road Trip: Patriots Point, South Carolina

Mount Pleasant is a suburban town in Charleston County, South Carolina, United States, within the Charleston–North Charleston–Summerville Metropolitan Statistical Area.

At the foot of the Arthur Ravenel Bridge is Patriot's Point, a naval and maritime museum, home to the World War II aircraft carrier USS Yorktown, which is now a museum ship. The Ravenel Bridge, an eight lane highway that was completed in 2006, spans the Cooper River and links Mount Pleasant with downtown Charleston.

The history of Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum began in the summer of 1975 when the legendary aircraft carrier USS Yorktown appeared on the horizon of Charleston Harbor. A few months later, the USS Yorktown was dedicated as the first ship of the Naval & Maritime Museum on the 200th birthday of the United States Navy. Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum was officially opened to the public on January 3, 1976.

Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum would become one of the largest museums of its kind in the world with the addition of other Historic Landmark ships like the destroyer USS Laffey, known as “The Ship That Would Not Die”, the Balao class submarine Clamagore and the Treasury class Coast Guard cutter Ingham (the Ingham would later move to the Miami Dade Historical Maritime Museum in 2009).

Priceless war planes used during wars and conflicts spanning from WWII to Desert Storm are featured aboard the Yorktown's 40,000 square foot hangar bay and atop the 888 foot flight deck. Patriots Point is also the home of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society and their official Medal of Honor Museum with tons of interactive exhibits.

Located landside is the only replica of a Vietnam Support Base in the country as well as a Cold War Submarine Memorial paying tribute to the sacrifices and triumphs made by the men and women during the Cold War.

Visit Patriots Point 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

 

 

[PERKY2004]

Good evening, Taz! Thanks for the hugs.

[TASMANIANRED]

I am working tonight.

Got to put a little time in the garden very early.

Heat was withering.

Spent 3 nights canning too.. That was withering as well.

[ConorMacNessa]

REQUEST PERMISSION TO COME ABOARD!

SUPPORT OUR TROOPS!!!

OUR TROOPS ROCK!!!!!!!

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[TASMANIANRED]

Doing well.

[AZamericonnie]

wife better hurry up, the house is a mess!

Say What?????????????????? LOL!!!!!

[TASMANIANRED]

Sitting in ice actually sounds like a good idea.

We’re having a heat wave, a tropical heat wave.

[PROCON]

Evening Conor, working late tonight, huh?

[TASMANIANRED]

Evening Mac, Hugs.

[AZamericonnie]

Gotta go cook....the natives are restless!:)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Permission Granted!

Just in case lauren had to leave. She's been fighting thunder, et al.

[PROCON]

wife better hurry up, the house is a mess!

Say What?????????????????? LOL!!!!!

Teenie still falls for my corny jokes.

[BIGLOOK]

Aloha Teenster!

Sometimes it runs fast and sometimes slow as a slug.....but that’s not why it took so long to reply. I was on the phone with my former foreman who needed to vent and keep me apprised of his situation, which isn’t good.

Hugs backatcha!

[ConorMacNessa]

Had PT until 9:30 - just got home and had an abbreviated dinner. How are you doing, Pro?

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[laurenmarlowe]

Thank you Connie, we are surely blessed, everyone is settling in very well. Son #1’s house is very nice and roomy, 3 stories and OLD, so it has some kid-proofing to do, but they are on top of all that needs to be done.

Son #2 has moved just north 4 hours to Asheville, North Caolina. He moved there from D.C. the same weekend that son #1 moved to Charleston. Go figure, LOL!

So, I drove up to Asheville for several days to stay with him. I had never been to Asheville, and it’s just beautiful there too.

Then, I drove back to Charleston for the rest of the visit, and son #2 came down for birthday fun.

It was a most memorable trip, and you all should visit!

[ConorMacNessa]

Good evening, Taz!

*HUGS*

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[PROCON]

Hiya FRiend, how are you?

[ConorMacNessa]

Thanks very much, Kathy!

*HUGS*

Nice to see you this evening!

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[luvie]

Ohhh, Lauren! Those girls are just getting more gorgeous every single day! I know you miss them terribly!

[left that other site]

Monday, Monday!

(((HUGS)))I know I just got here, but I am going to bed now. he he he! All this Rock and Roll has made me tired.

El Kabong




ML/LTOS

[oldteen]

I’m good but not quite as active as those 2...lol.