Charleston, South Carolina was a major Coast Guard base when the Second Great Depression began. They supplied naval fleets from Charleston, and a half-dozen deep-water Coast Guard cutters kept their homeport there. South Carolina was quick to “nationalize” them into[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The USS Iwo Jima was homeported as part of the Mayport reserve when the Second Great Depression began. She was an old amphibious assault ship the size of a World War II carrier that had long since been placed on[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Commonwealth of Virginia maintained Norfolk as its primary naval base for the decades and centuries that followed. They leased much of the yards to the Federal Navy, but they held onto enough to support their own fleet. The other[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Norfolk remained the largest and most capable naval base in the world when the Second Great Depression began. That left it in a unique position when the Convention of States reorganized the Federal government. Most of the United States Navy’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A politician that shall remain nameless here wished that we “enjoy the long weekend” with a big smile. First off, not all of us work in fields that do take time off for this weekend. Secondly, I’m not one to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I have worked in computers almost what feels like my entire life. I tweak computers, I upgrade them, and I maintain them. Part of this is because I’ve been too poor to afford paying other people to do it. But[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So, Cancer can be a pain in the backside. No, Mom is not doing badly. Her bloodwork is still shining bright in fact, as the drugs do their targeted best to kill the cancer in both her blood and her[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Confederation Navy went through many growing and shrinking pains during the Second Great Depression and beyond. The fleet carriers were far too expensive for any single State to maintain, but the smaller amphibious assault ships were another matter. The[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Norfolk was the largest and most capable naval base when the Second Great Depression began. The ships that ported there belonged to the United States Navy, and while many followed Norfolk in supporting Virginia, they did not join Virginia. They[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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