I was at a Memorial Service at Copley, OH yesterday and they read the following story before playing Taps. It was pretty moving.
It all began in 1862 during the Civil War, when Union Army Captain Robert Ellicombe was with his men near Harrison's Lan
From Naval Sea Systems Command Office of Corporate Communications
PASCAGOULA, Miss (NNS) -- The U.S. Navy christened the newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, USS Gravely (DDG 107), May 16, during
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Taken from http://www.answers.com/topic/cracker-jack#cite_note-0
History
1893: Frederick William Rueckheim (known to friends and family as "Fritz") and his brother Louis mass produce Cracker Jack and sell it at the first Chicago World's Fair in 18
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I lifted this info from www.navyjack.infoA Brief History of the U.S. Navy Jack
In the fall of 1775, as the first ships of the Continental Navy readied in the Delaware River, Commodore Esek Hopkins issued a set of fleet signals. Among these signa
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