Politics is nothing. We are free only on the ocean. ~ Renato Beluche
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Seafaring Sunday: A Not So Heroic End
March 22, 1820: U.S. Navy hero Stephen Decatur takes a ball in the abdomen in a duel against Commodore James Barron in Bladensburg, Maryland. Decatur will die in horrific agony days later.
March 22, 1820: U.S. Navy hero Stephen Decatur takes a ball in the abdomen in a duel against Commodore James Barron in Bladensburg, Maryland. Decatur will die in horrific agony days later.
2 comments:
Ahoy, Pauline! Yeah, I'm gonna miss him...
Ahoy, Timmy! Not my favorite navy hero after all...
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