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The gathering........... |
@ Plymouth Radisson |
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Walking to dinner at the Grill...................... |
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Delicious food....... |
and amazing pictures to share! |
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Some big tables.............................. |
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Some special attire! |
A cruise - on the Cape Cod Canal! |
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Awaiting boarding instructions...... |
Aw, c'mon people --- cooperate! |
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Finally! |
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Still waiting ...... |
Well, it USED to be an Osprey nest! |
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Ditto! |
Local residents, and residences ........ |
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Training vessel ....................... |
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Lift bridge over the canal. |
Road art along the recreation path adjacent to the canal. |
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Enjoying the ride....... |
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"In memory of U.S. Submariners who are still on patrol ......" |
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Oh, look! There is the Coast Guard station ..... |
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hungry mariners ate lunch on the canal boat wharf .... and then on to Camp Edwards for some of us ........... |
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| Camp Edwards was home to the 26th Infantry Division for WW1 and WW2 | |
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| Camp Edwards -
Massachusetts - 1941 - A very different post now - (below) Now used for familiarizaton for troops heading to the Middle East |
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Reminder of previous Engineer unit posting to Edwards.... |
Salaam.................................... |
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Essential training site ........ |
The modern Engineer Road Guard ....... |
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Is there an Engineer in the house? |
Marilyn - our gracious hostess for the evening meal ...... |
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It appears Engineers still have a hard time mixing with people ....... |
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A cabinet full of memories ........ |
Sorry! It's the only picture I got!! She was a gem -cooked all day ....Jim & Marilyn's wonderful daughter! |
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Here she is as a younger beauty! |
Not quite a church supper! |
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Lovely home ........ |
Here are the reasons I'm going to perform our son's marriage ceremony! |
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It's OK, Walt - I can listen and eat at the same time! |
Mmmmmm, mmmmmmmm, good! |
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Always with the mouth open - think she gets enough oxygen? |
Black Dog? A special contribution ....... |
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One for each - just enough! |
Forget the red jacket! Just do the toast so we can drink! |
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Start of the Boston bus tour.......underground parking! |
Waiting ........ what is this, the Army? |
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The bus! |
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Crackerjack! And he really was the prize in the box (or bus)!
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Fenway Park - home of the Boston Red Sox |
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Public Gardens.... |
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Massachusetts State House (Capital) |
Site of the "Boston Tea Party" -- the one 230 yrs ago - not last week's! |
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Some took a Boston Harbor cruise (we're big on cruises?) - across the harbor to the Charlestown Navy Yard |
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Boston skyline from the harbor cruise boat... |
USS 793 .....Cassin Young, a two stack Fletcher
Class Destroyer |
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USS Constitution - "Old Iron Sides" - oldest sailing ship still in commission |
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Entrance ... |
Waiting...... |
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Current synthetic vs. original hemp rigging material |
The plank..... |
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On the lower Gun Deck |
Main Deck guide - active duty seaman! |
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Main Deck guns .... |
Very pretty wheel/helm and binnacle! |
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Hand pumps in case of fire, and to pump out the bilge. |
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Crew''s hammock hangings |
The Ward Room |
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"Old Ironsides" is a poem written by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., on September 16, 1830, as a tribute to the eighteenth-century frigate USS Constitution. Thanks in part to the poem, she was saved from being decommissioned and is now the oldest commissioned ship in the world still afloat.
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From Wikipedia |
Exiting .....on starboard side! I'm gettin' it! |
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Actually - Breed's Hill..... |
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| Picto-rama (editor's
coinage!) - showing front/left-center line of militia that initially
kept the Redcoats from flanking the patriots on Breed's Hill. Eventually the British breeched this line and flanked the Breed's Hill position, but the entire endeavor was extremely costly to British arms 50% casualties - a foretaste of things to come! |
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Colonel William Prescott - Officer of the Day/C.O. - June 17, 1775! |
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Hmmmmmmmm! Thrones? In the colonies? |
Freedom trail runs throughout Boston, linking historical sites |
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Below - the meeting hall - still in use! |
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Looking toward the rear ...... |
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Looking toward the front |
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Charcoal sketch of Abraham Lincoln found behind old oil painting that was taken down for cleaning recently. |
Did anyone actually get to the 4th floor museum? |
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Freedom Trail marker outside Fanieul Hall |
Hopscotch? |
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You name it, they've got it! What a food court! |
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A legal meeting ..... |
18th Century travel mode! |
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Ye Olde North Church |
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Sunday - visiting the Mayflower replica and Plymouth Rock |
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The Mayflower II was built in Devon, England ca 1956. On April
20, 1957, recreating the original Mayflower voyage, it was sailed
across the Atlantic under the command of Allan Villiers.
According to the ships' log, Mayflower II was towed up the East
river into New York City on July 1, 1957. The ship is 106 ft long by 25 ft wide. It has a displacement of 236 tons. It carries four masts (main, fore, mizzen and sprit) and six sails. |
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It's gotta be the Army - we're waiting again! |
There's that hat! |
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Here we go! Someone wake Steve up! |
Native American dugout canoe |
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Portugese crew member |
Poop to foc'sle |
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"The weather was very bad on this crossing ........people were sick ..." |
"Yes - I have some room, but after all, I AM the captain!" |
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Capstan ...... |
Pilgrim's sleeping arrangements - ugh! |
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Long gun - 4 pounder - CAREFUL! |
Gotta be some Newtonian principle behind this thing! |
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The Galley |
The joystick is the helm! |
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A sampling of our Elutherian delights! |
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Moving 100 yds east to the Rock......the "minder" at the rock site relates that about half the rock has been hacked off/stolen by vandals. |
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On to Plimouth Plantation - just a few miles east of the Mayflower/Plymouth Rock wharf |
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| The Entrance | The Administration Bldg |
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First, the Native American village - Wampanoags |
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Who IS this guy?! |
Steve - making water (not Falling Water!) |
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Bark dwellings |
Burn-out canoe process |
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Communal living environment |
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And then on to the Pilgrim village at Plimouth Plantation |
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Shed |
Circular wood pile |
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Thatched with reeds |
Typical home interior |
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Any Master Gardeners here? |
Typical home interior |
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Hmmm - let's see if I can trick this wench into the 21st Century! |
A silent, feathered observer |
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Uphill to the block house/meeting house/worship center |
Suit of armor on the wall |
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Looking downhill from the block house |
Ray ......well, that's Ray! |
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Eating again - surf & turf - delicious! |
Ray's son's home - venue for last event Sunday afternoon |
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Ray ........ Ray! |
Great cap to a wonderful weekend - thanks to our hosts/hostesses! |
| Many, many thanks to our hosts - Ray and Elaine Gajewski, Jim and Marilyn Wagner! | |
| Clicking on the link
below will bring up Hals *.pdf pictorial essay on the weekend.
Ted's in some of those! The *.pdf file takes a while to load...... |
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| 2013 - PLYMOUTH REUNION/2013 HAL PIC REPT PDF/2013 Aburg Reunion pix Report Email.pdf | |
