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Obama revisionism failure. Liberals fail to place negroes in command of USS Monitor.
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Teddy LaRue
09.03.2013, 20:30:3609.03.13
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The reconstructed dead sailors were white, so the Baboon Gazette
writes an article about blacks. This is pure Obama ass sucking
liberal bullshit.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/03/130308-uss-
monitor-sailors-victims-arlington-national-cemetery-ironclads-
civil-war-navy-ships/
Members of a Virginia family whose ancestors fought against each
other in the American Civil War will be among the thousands to
gather Friday in Arlington, Virginia for somber ceremonies
honoring sailors lost when one of history's most innovative
warships, the USS Monitor, sank in 1862.
The observance will include a funeral service for two unknown
sailors who died when the Monitor went down off the coast of
North Carolina. The sailors' remains, recovered when part of the
iconic warship was raised in 2002, will be buried with full
military honors in Arlington National Cemetery.
The Monitor was the U.S. Navy's first ironclad warship, marking
a turning point in military history.
Michael Luchs, an assistant professor at The College of William
and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia who will attend the ceremony
with his three sons, said the realization that he is descended
from brothers who were on opposing sides during the bloody
conflict makes him feel "more wholly American."
Luchs's ancestor, James Bryan of Savannah, Georgia, served in
the Confederate Army. James Bryan's brother, William Bryan, was
a crewman aboard the Monitor.
William Bryan was one of 16 sailors lost when the ship sank on
December 31, 1862.
Luchs recalled hearing his mother talk about his family's
involvement in the Civil War when he was a child. "I'm feeling a
whole bunch of different emotions, and sadness is one of them,"
Luchs said.
Luchs's son Matthew, a fourth-grader in Williamsburg, said that
it's "strange to know that brothers fought each other" in the
Civil War. "I'd like to know some of the reasons, find out why
they fought each other."
The Monitor's 63-member crew reflected the melting pot of
immigrants and cultures that had found their way to the United
States by the mid-19th century. The crew included sailors born
in Wales and Scotland, as well as African-Americans who were
former slaves.
Noel Day, a landscape designer who lives in Long Beach,
California, is descended from Daniel Moore, a former slave on a
plantation in Prince William County, Virginia. Moore was one of
two African-American sailors lost when the Monitor sank.
Day can't attend the Friday ceremony but says he's glad the
unknown sailors are being buried with honors.
"I am very happy that we have a closure for these men," he said.
"The remains of the two men that have been found represent all
sailors that died that night. This is a way of honoring all 16
of them."
Day also is glad that the presence of African-American sailors
on the Monitor has been recognized. "I think it's been
overlooked for so long," he said. "I grew up learning about the
Monitor in school, and I had no idea there were African-
Americans on board."
When the war began in April 1861, Union military leaders were
uncertain about allowing African-American men to serve in the
Army and Navy. But as more former slaves fled from the South and
sought to join the fight against the Confederacy, Union leaders
warmed to the idea.
In July 1861, Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles opened the
Navy to African-American men, and the number of blacks in the
military grew as the war progressed.
History-Making Battle
The ceremony honoring the Monitor crew is being held on the
151st anniversary of the Battle of Hampton Roads. That epic
naval slugfest, fought on March 8 and 9, 1862, marked history's
first battle between ironclad warships.
The meeting technically was a draw, since both the Monitor and
its Confederate opponent, the ironclad CSS Virginia, were still
afloat after hours of pounding each other with heavy cannon fire.
Still, the Monitor prevented the Virginia from breaking the
Union naval blockade, which was seriously hampering the
Confederacy's ability to wage war. Had the Monitor failed to
stop the Virginia, the blockade would have been broken and the
course of the war could have been changed.
The Monitor was the creation of Swedish-born inventor John
Ericsson. The ship was crammed with cutting-edge 19th-century
technology, including a rotating turret housing the ship's two
powerful guns and a cleverly designed steam engine that could
operate in the cramped quarters of the small warship.
The ship also rode very low in the water, earning the nickname
"cheese-box on a raft" because of its unusual appearance.
Union military leaders knew in late 1861 that the Confederate
Navy was building a powerful ironclad in Norfolk, Virginia. The
Monitor was rushed to completion at Brooklyn Navy Yard and
sailed for Hampton Roads in early March 1862.
Shortly after nightfall on March 8, the Monitor arrived at
Hampton Roads, where the Virginia had destroyed two wooden Union
warships before withdrawing because of darkness and the falling
tide. When the Virginia returned the following morning, intent
on destroying the rest of the Union fleet, the Monitor
confronted the Confederate warship, forever changing the course
of naval warfare.
Unable to destroy the Monitor, the Virginia returned to Norfolk.
Confederates destroyed the ironclad a few months later to
prevent its capture by Union forces.
An Enduring Legacy
The Monitor remained at Hampton Roads until December 1862, when
Union commanders decided to move it to Beaufort, North Carolina.
But the Monitor and the USS Rhode Island, which was towing the
ironclad, were caught in a winter storm off Cape Hatteras on
December 30.
The Rhode Island rescued 47 members of the Monitor's crew, but
16 unlucky sailors couldn't get out before the Monitor was
swamped and sank in the early morning hours of New Year's Eve.
Although the Monitor's service career was brief, its impact was
permanent. Soon after Hampton Roads, the world's navies were
building warships of iron and steel.
Michael Luchs's son Andrew, a seventh-grader in Williamsburg,
has seen a full-size replica of the Monitor at the Mariners'
Museum in Newport News, where the Monitor's turret, engine and
other artifacts are undergoing a painstaking conservation
process. He thinks the Monitor's innovative design "looks like
some stealth craft made today."
"I thought it almost looks modern," Andrew Luchs said. "Whoever
came up with this is pretty imaginative.'"
Part of the Monitor's wreckage still lies on the ocean floor,
where it settled a century-and-a-half ago. Howard Lowell, a
credit union officer in Freeport, Maine who's descended from
Monitor commander John Worden, wonders if more Monitor artifacts
could be recovered.
"I hope the burial of the remains sparks more interest in the
Monitor," Lowell said. "An assessment of the wreckage ought to
be made. If any remaining parts of the ship should be saved,
then we need to move forward and raise funds and get it done."
The burial has sparked new interest in Matthew Luchs, the fourth-
grader. "As I get older," he said, "I might like to do research
about the Monitor and the Civil War and other things that
happened."
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writes an article about blacks. This is pure Obama ass sucking
liberal bullshit.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/03/130308-uss-
monitor-sailors-victims-arlington-national-cemetery-ironclads-
civil-war-navy-ships/
Members of a Virginia family whose ancestors fought against each
other in the American Civil War will be among the thousands to
gather Friday in Arlington, Virginia for somber ceremonies
honoring sailors lost when one of history's most innovative
warships, the USS Monitor, sank in 1862.
The observance will include a funeral service for two unknown
sailors who died when the Monitor went down off the coast of
North Carolina. The sailors' remains, recovered when part of the
iconic warship was raised in 2002, will be buried with full
military honors in Arlington National Cemetery.
The Monitor was the U.S. Navy's first ironclad warship, marking
a turning point in military history.
Michael Luchs, an assistant professor at The College of William
and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia who will attend the ceremony
with his three sons, said the realization that he is descended
from brothers who were on opposing sides during the bloody
conflict makes him feel "more wholly American."
Luchs's ancestor, James Bryan of Savannah, Georgia, served in
the Confederate Army. James Bryan's brother, William Bryan, was
a crewman aboard the Monitor.
William Bryan was one of 16 sailors lost when the ship sank on
December 31, 1862.
Luchs recalled hearing his mother talk about his family's
involvement in the Civil War when he was a child. "I'm feeling a
whole bunch of different emotions, and sadness is one of them,"
Luchs said.
Luchs's son Matthew, a fourth-grader in Williamsburg, said that
it's "strange to know that brothers fought each other" in the
Civil War. "I'd like to know some of the reasons, find out why
they fought each other."
The Monitor's 63-member crew reflected the melting pot of
immigrants and cultures that had found their way to the United
States by the mid-19th century. The crew included sailors born
in Wales and Scotland, as well as African-Americans who were
former slaves.
Noel Day, a landscape designer who lives in Long Beach,
California, is descended from Daniel Moore, a former slave on a
plantation in Prince William County, Virginia. Moore was one of
two African-American sailors lost when the Monitor sank.
Day can't attend the Friday ceremony but says he's glad the
unknown sailors are being buried with honors.
"I am very happy that we have a closure for these men," he said.
"The remains of the two men that have been found represent all
sailors that died that night. This is a way of honoring all 16
of them."
Day also is glad that the presence of African-American sailors
on the Monitor has been recognized. "I think it's been
overlooked for so long," he said. "I grew up learning about the
Monitor in school, and I had no idea there were African-
Americans on board."
When the war began in April 1861, Union military leaders were
uncertain about allowing African-American men to serve in the
Army and Navy. But as more former slaves fled from the South and
sought to join the fight against the Confederacy, Union leaders
warmed to the idea.
In July 1861, Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles opened the
Navy to African-American men, and the number of blacks in the
military grew as the war progressed.
History-Making Battle
The ceremony honoring the Monitor crew is being held on the
151st anniversary of the Battle of Hampton Roads. That epic
naval slugfest, fought on March 8 and 9, 1862, marked history's
first battle between ironclad warships.
The meeting technically was a draw, since both the Monitor and
its Confederate opponent, the ironclad CSS Virginia, were still
afloat after hours of pounding each other with heavy cannon fire.
Still, the Monitor prevented the Virginia from breaking the
Union naval blockade, which was seriously hampering the
Confederacy's ability to wage war. Had the Monitor failed to
stop the Virginia, the blockade would have been broken and the
course of the war could have been changed.
The Monitor was the creation of Swedish-born inventor John
Ericsson. The ship was crammed with cutting-edge 19th-century
technology, including a rotating turret housing the ship's two
powerful guns and a cleverly designed steam engine that could
operate in the cramped quarters of the small warship.
The ship also rode very low in the water, earning the nickname
"cheese-box on a raft" because of its unusual appearance.
Union military leaders knew in late 1861 that the Confederate
Navy was building a powerful ironclad in Norfolk, Virginia. The
Monitor was rushed to completion at Brooklyn Navy Yard and
sailed for Hampton Roads in early March 1862.
Shortly after nightfall on March 8, the Monitor arrived at
Hampton Roads, where the Virginia had destroyed two wooden Union
warships before withdrawing because of darkness and the falling
tide. When the Virginia returned the following morning, intent
on destroying the rest of the Union fleet, the Monitor
confronted the Confederate warship, forever changing the course
of naval warfare.
Unable to destroy the Monitor, the Virginia returned to Norfolk.
Confederates destroyed the ironclad a few months later to
prevent its capture by Union forces.
An Enduring Legacy
The Monitor remained at Hampton Roads until December 1862, when
Union commanders decided to move it to Beaufort, North Carolina.
But the Monitor and the USS Rhode Island, which was towing the
ironclad, were caught in a winter storm off Cape Hatteras on
December 30.
The Rhode Island rescued 47 members of the Monitor's crew, but
16 unlucky sailors couldn't get out before the Monitor was
swamped and sank in the early morning hours of New Year's Eve.
Although the Monitor's service career was brief, its impact was
permanent. Soon after Hampton Roads, the world's navies were
building warships of iron and steel.
Michael Luchs's son Andrew, a seventh-grader in Williamsburg,
has seen a full-size replica of the Monitor at the Mariners'
Museum in Newport News, where the Monitor's turret, engine and
other artifacts are undergoing a painstaking conservation
process. He thinks the Monitor's innovative design "looks like
some stealth craft made today."
"I thought it almost looks modern," Andrew Luchs said. "Whoever
came up with this is pretty imaginative.'"
Part of the Monitor's wreckage still lies on the ocean floor,
where it settled a century-and-a-half ago. Howard Lowell, a
credit union officer in Freeport, Maine who's descended from
Monitor commander John Worden, wonders if more Monitor artifacts
could be recovered.
"I hope the burial of the remains sparks more interest in the
Monitor," Lowell said. "An assessment of the wreckage ought to
be made. If any remaining parts of the ship should be saved,
then we need to move forward and raise funds and get it done."
The burial has sparked new interest in Matthew Luchs, the fourth-
grader. "As I get older," he said, "I might like to do research
about the Monitor and the Civil War and other things that
happened."
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Teddy LaRue
10.03.2013, 06:50:3410.03.13
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Teddy LaRue
10.03.2013, 23:09:1310.03.13
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MITO MINISTER
12.03.2013, 00:59:4712.03.13
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On Mar 11, 12:09 pm, "Teddy LaRue" <te...@larue.com> wrote:
> The reconstructed ....
Hey, why don't you re-post this message a third time?
And what are you going on about? Two of the dead sailors were Black.
Deal with it.
> The reconstructed ....
Hey, why don't you re-post this message a third time?
And what are you going on about? Two of the dead sailors were Black.
Deal with it.
Robert A. Leffingwell
12.03.2013, 07:39:2812.03.13
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"Teddy LaRue" <te...@larue.com> wrote in message
news:380efb8a38cbfef5...@msgid.frell.theremailer.net...
> The reconstructed dead sailors were white, so the Baboon Gazette
> writes an article about blacks. This is pure Obama ass sucking
> liberal bullshit.
How did your shrink react when you told her you needed to reply to your own
> writes an article about blacks. This is pure Obama ass sucking
> liberal bullshit.
racism because everyone knows you're a worthless pile of shit?
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