Friday, June 01, 2007
This Day in the Short History of American Defeats
On this day in 1813, outside Boston Harbor, the USS Chesapeake was soundly defeated by the HMS Shannon. This avenged three defeats in a row for the vaunted British Fleet by the upstart former wild colonials (USS Constitution v. HMS Guerriere; USS United States v. HMS Macedonian and USS Constitution v. HMS Java). The only thing we got out of it was the Navy motto: Don't give up the ship. This was the last order of mortally wounded captain, James Lawrence, which was, unfortunately, not carried out. Superior British cannon accuracy and the discipline of the boarding party won the day for the Shannon.
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# posted by Roger Fraley @ 6:22 AM 
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Today is the beginning of hurricane season although the USVI holiday, Hurricane Supplication Day is not celebrated until the 4th Monday in July.
I think today is the 4oth anniversary of the release of the Beatles' Sargeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
T
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Today is the beginning of hurricane season although the USVI holiday, Hurricane Supplication Day is not celebrated until the 4th Monday in July.
I think today is the 4oth anniversary of the release of the Beatles' Sargeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
T
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