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Honoring & Remembering the US Army Soldiers of Company C, 9th Infantry Reg't, who were butchered alive in a cowardly attack in Balangiga on Samar Island in the Philippines on Sept. 28th, 1901, during the Philippine Insurrection. Full Story on our FB Page #sandyhookhistory
Honoring US Army Colonel Lewis Morris, who was Killed In Action in the American Civil War, and who is the namesake to Battery Morris here at Fort Hancock, NJ. Full story on our other socials. #sandyhookhistory
Honoring 2nd Lieutenant Satterlee Hoffman who was Killed In Action on Aug. 20th, 1847 in the Mexican War. He has no known grave, and is honored as the namesake to Battery Satterlee Hoffman at Fort H.G. Wright on Fishers Island, NY.
Honoring the lost crew of the barque "Saratoga" which vanished after sailing from New York Harbor and past Fort Hancock / Sandy Hook, NJ 130 Years Ago, Yesterday. The full story is on our main socials.
Honoring the 12 crewmen of the Norwegian barque "Nornen" who were lost at sea without a trace after she cleared New York Harbor, 151 Years Ago, Today....
Honoring US Army Major General William Barry, born this day in 1818. A stellar Artilleryman, he is the namesake to 10-inch (DC) Battery Barry at Fort Wadsworth, NY. Full story on our other social pages.
Honoring the four United States Navy Sailors we lost 35 Years Ago Today in the Pacific from HELSUPPRON 11 of USS Camden (AOE-2). YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN!!! ♥️🇺🇲⚓️
Hard take: AI is GARBAGE, it dilutes and distorts history, creates a false narrative, and in today's era with an already egregious educational short fall, can and will confuse the hell out of people who have absolutely no idea of what they were looking at in the first place.
Honoring US Army Major General Henry Abbot, the architect of the US Army Coast Artillery's "Abbot-Quad" first-generation seacoast mortar battery design.
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134 Years Ago Today - August 12th, 1892 - the American brigantine "Ruby" sailed past Sandy Hook NJ and out into the Atlantic, bound for the island of Martinique in the Caribbean.
She was never seen again.
The full story can be found on our other social pages.
Hiya, folks. On Aug 6, we shared the 100th Anniv of Gertrude Ederle Swimming the English Channel.
To keep the timeline correct, and for anyone who might have missed it, here is how the story was covered 100 years ago, today - August 11th, 1926, from the Red Bank Register.
Honoring US Army Lt. Gen. Nelson Miles, a Medal Of Honor Awardee in the Civil War, fought in the Indian Wars and became the Commanding General Of The US Army. He is the namesake to Fort Miles, DE, the best preserved Coast Artillery fort in the USA. Full story on our FB.
Honoring Us Army Lt. Gen. Nelson Miles, a Medal Of Honor Winner from the Civil War, fought in the Indian Wars and became the Commanding General Of The US Army (Chief Of Staff). He is the namesake to Fort Miles, DE, the best preserved Coast Artillery fort in the USA.
Honoring US Army Major General George Stoneman, a hero of the American Civil War, and 15th governor of California. He is the namesake to Battery Stoneman, a US Army Coast Artillery 12-inch mortar battery at Fort Terry, NY on Plum Island in Long Island Sound. Full story on our FB
Honoring the one and only Gertrude Ederle, a local Jersey Girl from Highlands who, 100 Years Ago Today, became the FIRST woman to swim the English Channel, and doing it two hours FASTER than the guy who set the previous record. Full story on our other pages. 👑🌊❤️🇺🇲
Wishing A Proud & Happy 236th Birthday to our beloved United States Coast Guard!!! Semper Paratus!! Full story on our other social!
On August 1st, 1923, disaster was miraculously averted when 6-inch Gun 3 of Battery Dutton, Fort H.G. Wright, NY, fired point-blank into its forward parapet, shattering the concrete wall and the gun carriage. Incredibly, there were no fatalities. Full story on our FB.
250 Years Ago, Today - Aug 2nd 1776
The Declaration Of Independence is signed in Independence Hall in Philadelphia, PA by our Founding Fathers
God Bless America, and God Bless Those Who Found The Strength To Forge It ❤️🇺🇲🔥
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~ The Die Is Cast ~
250 Years Ago, Today - Fri, Aug 2nd, 1776, Philadelphia, PA
Less than 1 month after voting for Independence, our Founding Fathers put their names literally on the line to ensure the birth of a new nation, on one of the most important documents in history...