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Tweet This past week and weekend the J-Class Regatta was held in Newport, RI. The J Class yachts are absolutely incredible class of yachts from the pre-World War II era of the 1930′s. They were the largest yachts designed to compete in the America’s cup races. First adopted in 1928 and built between 1930-1937, many [...]
Tweet See more of the Newport St. Patrick’s Day parade photographs here. Yesterday Newport hosted its 54th annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade, despite the rainy weather. The parade has in the past run through the rain and inclement weather, and the parade’s website makes it clear that the parade runs regardless of rain; so this [...]
Tweet Click Here to Purchase Photo Today’s picture is of the day is of the John Banister House in Newport Rhode Island it is a beautiful house restored to the period of which it was built. Built in 1751 the house is decorated with many pieces which were brought back by Captain John Banister himself [...]
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For this year’s St. Patrick’s Day celebration there were (or are soon to be) many large parades in New York, Boston, San Francisco, and in many other places around the country. Today the parades, which began in the United States, have even spread back to Ireland with parades in Dublin and other larger celebrations in Ireland. Before, the celebrations in Ireland used to be a relatively small. One particular parade in Newport Rhode Island has been running 52 years and while it is certainly not as large as New York and Boston it is a large parade in its own right with:
“10 Pipe Bands, 12 Marching Bands, 4 Fife & Drum Corps, 3 Clown Units, 7 reenactment units, and a host of local, state, and regional organizations including police and fire units, social/fraternal organizations, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Schools, and non-profits.”
Tweet These two carriers are the USS Forrestal (front) and USS Saratoga (back) in Newport RI. I though them to be appropriate for Pearl Harbor day although they were both build after Pearl Harbor. I already used the Hellcat, which was a World War II plane, and these carriers reflect what we learned from Pearl Harbor; that carriers [...]
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