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UNLOCKING THEFLORIDA KEYS

REAGAN MOURNSTHE CHALLENGER

THE FIRSTSUPER BOWLA TRADITION IS BORN

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UNLOCKING THEFLORIDA KEYS

As the ravages of Winter 2011 continue, themind naturally wanders to a Floridavisit. MaybeMiami, Orlando or Fort Lauderdale. But don’t forget the intoxicatinglybeautiful Key West and themodern Keys in general: a series of unique islandsthat offer equal parts quiet contemplation and pina colada-fueled tourism.

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A BIT OF HISTORYOne hundred years ago, the Florida Keys were

merely an outpost of American expansion. Sparsely

settled, the Keys were accessible only by boat, and

the local economy consisted mainly of piracy and

smuggling. It was Plutocrat Henry Flagler, convinced

of the economic viability of the region, who built

the Florida Overseas Railway and ushered in the

celebrated Hemingway-era settlement. In some

pockets of the keys, history stopped there. In others,

the lore of an island bohemian paradise brought

throngs of tourist and all the obligatory trappings.

ENJOY THE RIDERegarding the Keys, getting there is actually more

than half the fun. The Overseas Highway (built on the

hurricane-ravaged Overseas Railway) is a marvel of

engineering and one of America’s most scenic drives.

Spanning from the Florida Mainland to the western

tip of the keys. The Highway glides over the myriad

islands offering stunning views of the teal-green

water. Stop-offs at the smaller islands offer a peek

into the Keys’ sedate, less settled past.

CATCH OF THE DAYOpportunities for chartering a boat for fishing or

scuba diving are numerous, if a bit expensive. Some

of the best deep-sea fishing in the United States is

found of the shores of the islands, and a hired boat

can take divers to the majestic reefs and wrecks.

For the more budget minded or those who like to be

in the water, shallow water fishing is permitted in

numerous locations around the keys, and snorkeling

is easy and cheap.

www.fla-keys.com/fishing

ROUGH ITThe Keys offer plenty of 5-star accommodations,

particularly in Key West and Key Largo. If the idea of

waking up on one of the world’s most stunning

beaches and freshening up in the ocean is more

your style, The National Park Service has you cov-

ered. Bahia Honda State Park and Pennekamp Coral

Reef State Park allow for everything from tent sites

to RV services to affordable cabins. For the really

adventurous, Dry Tortugas National Park sits 70

miles west of Key West, is accessible only by boat,

and offers “primitive” camping facilities.

www.nps.org

WHEN IN ROME…You go to see the statue of liberty when you’re in

New York, and The Mona Lisa when visiting Paris.

You are in Key West, and you are going to put in at

least an hour at Jimmy Buffet’s Margaritaville, and

attend the nightly “sunset celebration” at the Mallory

Dock. The sunset celebration offers original art by

local artisans and entertainment that varies by night.

www.margaritavillekeywest.comwww.sunsetcelebration.org

EATKey West is becoming famous for its mix of long-

time, no-frills eating establishments and newcomer

haute cuisine. Lunch is recommended at the unpre-

tentious B.O.’s Fish Wagon, made famous by Bobby

Flay’s endorsement, which stated 25 years ago out of

an actual wagon. For dinner, trade your sandals for

dress shoes and visit Cafe Marquesa, which is off of

the tourist bustle. Themenu changes nightly, the food

is refined and expertly prepared, and the wine list

is the most comprehensive on the island.www.bosfishwagon.comwww.marquesa.com/cafe-marquesa.htm

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THE FIRST SUPER BOWLA TRADITION IS BORNAs the NFL playoffs move us closer to the 2011 Superbowl matchup, here is a surprisingfact for people younger than 50: the Super Bowl has a very brief history. In fact, the firstgame was not held until 1967. The game began as a way for the champions of the two pro-fessional leagues of the time, the well-established National Football League (NFL) andthe upstart American Football League, (AFL) to determine who was number one and tofacilitate their merger into the league we know today.

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A LITTLE HISTORY.

Professional football began in 1920 with the

14-league American Professional Football

Association. The APFA became the NFL

in 1922, and had no serious competition

until 1960, when the AFL became a major

power. After years of bitter rivalry, the leagues

brokered a merger deal. The merger would

be gradual, they decided: for the 1967

season, they’d share a draft and a cham-

pionship bowl, and by 1970 they would

be merged into a single league of 26 teams,

the NFL. The NFL was still on top, but this

AFL seriously influenced the NFL, unlike

its predecessors. High-powered passing

strategies and end-zone celebrations are

its most durable legacies.

The first Super Bowl game itself was played

in Los Angeles between the Green Bay

Packers, top team of the NFL, and the AFL’s

Kansas City Chiefs. Although the contest

was officially known as the AFL-NFL World

Championship, the Super Bowl name stuck,

as did the practice of thinking about the

event — Super Bowl Sunday — as a full

day of festivities.

The game itself was played at the Memorial

Coliseum before 61,946. Quarterback Bart

Starr was the first Most Valuable Player as

he led the Packers to a 35-10 victory over

Kansas City. The Packers dominated, as-

serting the competitive edge of the NFL.

It would be Superbowl III before the tide

would turn, when the New York Jets of the

AFL defeated the Baltimore Colts, and

complete equality between the leagues

was established.

THREE INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT

SUPER BOWL I:

1. The game was not a sell-out.

2. It was televised simultaneously by two

networks NBC and CBS since both had

broadcast rights to the respective leagues.

3. There was no celebrity half time show as

two college marching bands provided the

entertainment. It’s all very different today.

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Born on February 9, 1773, Harrison was the

youngest of seven children in a politically

prominent family. He chose a career in the

military against his family’s wishes for him to

become a physician. His political career

began when he was appointed by John Adams,

as Governor of the Indian Territory (present

day Illinois and Indiana) for twelve years. He

gained national fame for defeating an American

Indian force at the Battle of Tippecanoe in

1811, where he won the “Tippecanoe” nick-

name. After the War of 1812, Harrison served

in the House of Representatives, then became

the Senator from Ohio. He took a few years

off from public life to open a distillery on his

Ohio farm, but became perturbed that his

customers so misused the product.

Harrison was drafted to run for president as

the Whig candidate, a new political party

which arose in backlash against the powerful

populist administration of Andrew Jackson

and his unpopular successor Martin Van Buren.

The new party supported the supremacy of

the Congress over the executive branch and

supported economic protectionism. Elected in

1840 by a 53%-47% margin, Harrison’s only

official act was to call a special session for Con-

gress to improve the funding of federal projects.

Harrisonmostly ignored his vice president, John

Tyler, who was a Democrat running with him

to create a unity party under the slogan

“Tippecanoe and Tyler, too.” The phrase be-

came one of the catchiest and most popular

campaign slogans and songs in the history of

U.S. elections, and contrasted the team with

the dour Van Buren.

When Harrison died on April 4, 1841, however,

Tyler was thrust into the spotlight. Congress

and scholars debated over whether Tyler would

become President or an Acting President under

the Constitution. The debate was decided in

favor of treating an acceding Vice President

as a full President, with all the duties and re-

sponsibilities of the office.

The ninth president of the United States, William Henry Harrison, refusedto wear a coat during his two hour-long inaugural speech. He caught a cold,which eventually turned into pneumonia, and died 32 days later. Remem-bered today almost solely for this odd series of events and his nickname“Old Tippecanoe,” Harrison was also the only member of the Whig partyto be elected to the presidency.

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So frustrated with the state of naval education

in the young United States, Secretary of the

Navy George Bancroft established Fort Severn

in Annapolis, MD, even though it initially

had no Congressional funding. The choice of

Annapolis wasn’t strategic but cultural; he

wanted to establish the school to a place

“healthy and secluded,” free of “the temp-

tations and distractions that necessarily

connect with a large and populous city.”

The inaugural class was comprised of fifty

midshipmen, taught by seven professors.

Subjects covered included mathematics and

navigation, gunnery and steam, chemistry,

English, natural philosophy, and French.

In 1850, the school officially became the

United States Naval Academy. A rapid expan-

sion saw the campus grow from 10 acres to

338, and enrollment reached 4,000. The

wooden buildings that came to be a symbol

of Fort Severn were replaced with granite

structures. A comprehensive curriculum and

summer sea duty were established and remain

at the core of USNA education.

The Naval Academy at Annapolis has mod-

ernized at a steady clip throughout its history.

Bachelor of Science degrees began being

awarded in 1933, and the standard curriculum

has expanded to include 18 distinct areas of

study. Women joined the freshman class in

1976, a landmark event. As an indication of

the success of its graduates, alumni include

one president (Jimmy Carter), 22 Members

of Congress, 5 Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs

of Staff, 52 Astronauts, 45 Rhodes Scholars,

and 73 Medal of Honor winners.

Every day, the Academy strives to accomplish

the core mission that dates back to it’s found-

ing: to develop midshipmen “morally, mentally

and physically.”

TOUR THE ACADEMY AND OTHERSIGHTS OF ANNAPOLIS MD

Today’s Annapolis is the educational arm of a modern, nuclear, supersonic,digital Navy. It was not always thus. The earliest attempts at establishing anAmerican elite naval academy were a series of false starts: there was thePhiladelphia Naval Asylum School, which was deemed to small and antiquated,sawdiscipline deteriorate, and endedwith the hanging of two attempted student-mutineers. The legacy was public outrage and doubts about the notion of“learning by doing” while on the seas for potential midshipmen.

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USOSUPPORTINGTHE TROOPS

The USO, or United Service Organizations, was established in 1941following a request by FranklinD. Roosevelt for private organizationsto provide for on-leave recreation and entertainment to the growingmilitary. A group of six civilian agencies — the Salvation Army,YMCA, YWCA, National Catholic Community Services, NationalTravelers Aid Association and TheNational JewishWelfare Board—banded together to accomplish this end. TheUSO remains a private,nonprofit organization, and funding comes exclusively throughcitizens and corporations.

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The military expanded rapidly at the onsetof war in Europe — from 50,000 to 12 mil-lion in the years 1940-1944. The USO metthe growing need for services and enter-tainment by establishing facilities rangingfrom churches and museums to yacht clubs,log cabins and barns. At its peak in 1944,there were more than 3,000 clubs, placesto dance and socialize, to write letters, seemovies and seek counsel.

One of the mainstays of the USO operationis the “Camp Show”, where entertainers frommusic and film are brought on bases to per-form live shows. During World War II, theUSO put on 428,521 performances, to au-diences ranging from 25 to 15,000, spanningthe globe. In all, the USO could claim 1.5million volunteers during World War II.

The USO was disbanded in 1947, but re-grouped in 1950 at the onset of the KoreanWar. Though the war ended in a truce in1953, the more than million troops thatremained stationed abroad still needed theservices. The organization grew throughpeacetime, and established its first base inVietnam in 1963. As that war escalated,the USO expanded in size and scope. For thefirst time, Camp Shows were held in combatzones. Volunteering became more dangerousand there were several USO-related deaths.

The organization continues to this day as amodern communications and entertainment

driven organization. It has a large presencein all conflicts, including The Gulf War, So-malia, The Balkans, Iraq and Afghanistan,as well as providing services for the enlistedduring peacetime. Recent shows underscorethe value of their ability to boost morale,with performances from noted artists Aero-smith, Toby Keith, and Wayne Newton; andcelebrity appearances from Bruce Willis,Jessica Simpson and James Gandolfini.

Following a mid-1970s review of the USOmission and viability, the United Way ofAmerica's Committee on National AgencySupport came to this conclusion on the con-tinuing value of the USO: “If there were noUSO, another organization would have tobe created…. Isolation of the military fromcivilian influences is not, we believe in theinterest of this nation.”

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“We’ve grown used to wonders in this century. It’s hard to dazzleus. But for twenty-five years the United States space program hasbeen doing just that. We've grown used to the idea of space, andperhaps we forget that we’ve only just begun. We’re still pioneers.They, the members of the Challenger crew, were pioneers.”

— PRESIDENT RONALD REAGANJANUARY 1986, MOURNING THE FIERY EXPLOSION OF THE CHALLENGER SPACE SHUTTLE.

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1950.The Great Brinks Robbery took place in Boston; it was the largest robbery in U.S. historyat the time and it shocked the country. The robbers skillfully executed the theft at TheBrinks Building leaving very few clues or leads. A group of eleven thieves took millions inchecks, money orders, and other securities. Eight were eventually caught and convicted.A very small amount of the money was ever recovered.

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