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.
Ahoy, Pauline! Yeah, I'm gonna miss him...
ReplyDeleteAhoy, Timmy! Not my favorite navy hero after all...
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