32 Pounder Confederate Gun stares down the Cumberland to where the Ironclads emerged – Fort Donelson, Tennessee “I am pleased to announce the un-conditional surrender this morning of Fort Donelson” U.S. Grant – Brigadier General USA February 16, 1862 When these words reached Washington back in 1862 they were welcome words indeed. The [...]
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FORT DONELSON – TENNESSEE: Where U.S. Grant “Unconditional Surrender Grant” earned his nickname
Sunday, November 27th, 2011THE INCREDIBLE INCLINES – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011
Monongahela Incline – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania “Learning is it’s own exceeding great reward” William Hazlitt If you ever have the chance to visit Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania I would recommend that you stay in one of the hotels on the south bank of the Monongahela River located in a place called “Station Square”. The views of the incredible [...]
Time whispers of Valor past – Trenton, New Jersey
Tuesday, October 18th, 2011Hessian Barracks – Trenton, New Jersey Went for a run one drizzly morning in late winter in Trenton, New Jersey. Even though New Jersey is the Garden State, Trenton is not considered a garden spot but if you look closely, the Capitol city of New Jersey has some incredible history associated with it . I [...]
USS Constellation – Gem of Baltimore Harbor – Beacon of Freedom; Baltimore, Maryland
Tuesday, April 12th, 2011As the Nation commemorates the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War, I thought it would be interesting to aquaint the citizens of the United States with a little known fact. Before the War from 1859-1861 the proud Sloop of War USS Constellation – assigned to the U.S. Navy’s “Africa Squadron” patrolled the [...]
GEORGE WASHINGTON MONUMENT – Eakins Oval – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; by Jaromy Jessop
Saturday, March 19th, 2011George Washington forever gazes from his perch down Benjamin Franklin Parkway – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania It is always raining or snowing when I visit Philadelphia, nevertheless, inside Eakins Oval in front of the Philadelphia art museum is my favorite statue anywhere. While it is probably well known to the citizens of Philadelphia, many people who have [...]
A Virginia Beach sunrise over the Atlantic Ocean – Virginia Beach, Virginia
Thursday, February 17th, 2011Sunrise over the Atlantic Ocean – Virginia Beach, Virginia Had the extreme pleasure of watching the sunrise over Virginia Beach the other day. When I woke up it was dark, a cold February wind was blowing and all I could hear was the constant assault of the waves breaking upon the sand on the edge [...]
USS New Jersey BB 62 – “The Big J” Americas most decorated Battleship
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010
BB 62 – USS New Jersey firing her 16 inch guns in support of operations in Vietnam. US Navy Photo “The Big J” – America’s most decorated Battleship “The United States Navy is the envy of every other Navy in the world. They don’t want to be like us……….They want to BE us.” Admiral Leighton [...]
Bridgeport & New Haven, Connecticut
Monday, August 2nd, 2010
We are staying in the Fairfield Marriott in Milford, CT. It is a crappy hotel. The elevator was broke the whole time and we are on the 4th floor. It is so hot and humid here that when you stand in the sun for any amount of time the sweat beads up on your brow [...]