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Rich attack USS Constitution

Some arrogant rich people find it too noisy living next door the USS Constitution. The nerve of some people just burns me up!

According to the Boston Herald, some residents have complained that the twice daily cannon salutes and the playing of the national anthem are disruptive to their lives. You can read the Boston Herald story here, and here.

Since 1975 the USS Constitution has fired a gun salute at 8AM and played the National Anthem over loud speakers while they raise the national flag and then fire a second salute at sunset when they lower the colors. This is not new and is very predictable. That someone now finds it, “more disruptive to the neighborhood than you might have imagined” is offensive to me!

How galling can these people be? This so rubs me the wrong way.

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U.S. Naval Institute Blog

For the past several months, I have been enjoying many of the contributions to the U.S. Naval Institute blog. As most friends know, I have a passion for history, particularly maritime, military and naval history, even though I have never served in the Armed Services.

the USNI blog has had a couple of interesting reads this week I thought I would point you in the direction of:

• NATIONAL POLICY AND THE TRANSOCEANIC NAVY by Samuel P. Huntington is a great article from the May 1954 Proceedings. The author discusses the challenges faced. It’s interesting how little has changed in the last 60 years.
• USN Battle Damage Reports from Savo Island has a PDF file containing the recently scanned battle damage reports from the August 9, 1942 Battle of Savo Island off Guadalcanal. If you appreciate primary sources of information then you will find this an interesting read.

There is a lot of good conversation surrounding the current state of the United States Navy and the future of our sea power and shipbuilding going on at the U.S. Naval Institute blog. If you are in tot hat kind of stuff then check it out!

Tags: blog, History, Military, naval, navy, U.S. Naval Institute, USNI

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