Wher ya'll frum?

[Gravitycraftsman]

Knothead:

There are several candidates for the title "father of the Navy," and half a dozen places claim the sobriquet "birthplace of the Navy." Machias, Maine, points to the seizing of the Royal Navy schooner Margaretta by a small sloop armed with woodsmen on 12 June 1775. Whitehall, New York, proudly affirms the army's fleet on Lake Champlain under Benedict Arnold as our first navy. Beverly and Marblehead, Massachusetts, base their claim on their role in fitting out and manning the small fleet of schooners employed by George Washington in the autumn and winter of 1775 to prey on enemy transports. Providence, Rhode Island, asserts its title as the site of the first call for the establishment of a navy.

Candidates for the title "father of the Navy" include George Washington, Continental Navy officers Esek Hopkins, John Barry, and John Paul Jones, as well as civilians John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Morris, Joseph Hewes, and Silas Deane. Many men in numerous locations played prominent roles in the founding of our national navy. And so, the Navy recognizes no one individual as "father," to the exclusion of others.

A Hoy........Welcome to Marblehead MA!

[soobeesu]

Painted Post, NY...3 miles outside Corning, NY. Smokinjoesracing - I grew up in Saratoga Springs, NY. I know a little about horse racing. Our big race is the Travers Stakes. I went to the retired horse farm in Lexington a few years back and saw Alydar...that was the biggest horse I had ever seen..and he looked like he could still race..

[srcracing]

Lebanon Tenn 35miles east of nashville

[soobeesu]

Knothead - ACE Automation is ~ 3miles from my house...