Continental Navy

Museum for $1. Going to the Whitney Museum last week, has sparked an interest in going to Museums and I am glad that I went. After spending half and hour being lost, I finally arrived at around 7 o’clock p.m. on a Friday. The sky was painted a dark navy blue and I could not make out much figures. I was shocked by how long the line was. It was the size of a New York City subway…

Chapter 12 The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism 1812-1824 On to Canada over Land and Lakes The Americans tried to invade Canada from Detroit, Niagara, and Lake Champlain. All were fought off by the Canadians. The Americans then attacked by sea and were more successful. Oliver Hazard Perry: captured a British fleet in Lake Erie. General Harrison's army overtook the British at Detroit and Fort Malden in the Battle of the Thames in October 1813. Thomas Macdonough:…

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, released in 2006, is the sequel to the original Pirates of the Caribbean movie which we watched in class. It opens in Port Royal on Elizabeth and Will Turners wedding day, but in a surprising turn of events, upon the arrival of Lord Cutler Beckett, an East India trading mogul, they are quickly arrested on charges of aiding Jack Sparrow escape. While Elizabeth and Will attempt to deal with this new problem, Jack Sparrow, now captain proper of the Black…

yesterday we landed at gallipoli, as we rounded the crest of the peninsula a sense of fear descended upon us. Thus fear turned into outright terror as we came closer to the shore and saw the steep slopes and towering hillside that was before us. Jack reckons we landed in the wrong place and i must say i somewhat agree, only a fool would plan an attack up such a steep incline with the enemy towering above us, and the british empire is no fool. as the order was given the men launched themselves…

Brayzack had finished up his conversation with Petty Officer 1st Class Gannon just when another petty officer came up informing him of his presence being requested in one of the conference rooms located up in the control tower of the ship. Upon reaching the conference room, Brayzack was asked to sit in on a meeting that consisted of several members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the U.S. Military, three U.S. Senators—two of which two were from New York, the other from Massachusetts,…

Law had noticed that S/O was late for dinner but didn’t really question it out loud. He wasn’t their babysitter after all and trusted that they would show up sooner or later. After all it was dinner and he would scold them for missing a meal if they didn’t show. The captain had began eating, only his crew was talking among themselves. Since he did not really do group conversations during dinner. Normally he would maybe say a would or two, he was better at one on one conversations. The dark…

A journey to Georgia Today Gravesend is perhaps best known as the final resting place of Pocahontus and as the site of the London River House, the port authority for the city of London. In 1732 Gravesend, 15 miles east of London on the Thames River, was one of several unrelated port cities that served the capital of England. It was from Gravesend that 114 men, women and children along with James Oglethorpe, pastor Henry Herbert, Doctor William Cox, Captain John Thomas and a crew of 20 set sail…

Robert Cormier’s We All Fall Down was published in 1991 but occurs at an earlier time period in the towns of Burnside and Wickburg. Although published in 1991, the setting is believed to have been at an earlier date, most likely the late 1980s because of Buddy’s alcoholism, the mall, and the book being published in 1991. My first impression while reading this book was that it must be during the1990s because of how the Jerome daughters dress. Although sweaters were popular in the 1990s, a grunge…

Captain Tory “Tory!” shouted Smith. “What?!” bellowed Tory as he whipped his head around to stare at him. “We’ve arrived,” whispered Smith. Tory looked at Smith suddenly more interested. “Who are we here for?” asked Tory intently. “Two,” whispered Smith. “Girl and boy, parents died last week.” Tory sat back in his chair, flipping through pictures of children with a sceptical look on his face. He stopped at a picture of a family. It was a mother and father with two young…

“Let’s look at the ocean, Mary,” said Lilly excitedly. I let myself be dragged off to the side of the ship. We were taking a cruise around Australia. The view I saw stunned me. Dolphins bouncing in and out of the water, fish in stunning oranges, yellows, and reds racing along, and a piece of land far away in the distance. “What’s that giant dark shape under the water,” I questioned. “Watch out!” screamed the crew, “there’s a whale heading towards the ship and she looks angry.” I grabbed…