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hom

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18

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uro

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J

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he

Fo

rg

ott

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Ba

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of

the W

ar

of

1812” w

ith

Jer

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ob

erts

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en

dr

ick

H

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so

n

Fr

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Lib

ra

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Mo

ntr

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Th

e B

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dra

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Hu

ds

on

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re

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ibra

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on

trose

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or

and h

isto

rian

Tim

McG

rath

takes

us

bac

k t

o 1

775 w

ith A

mer

ica

on t

he

ver

ge

of

revolu

tion a

nd

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astr

ous

def

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n h

is G

ive

Me

a F

ast

Ship

, the

epic

ta

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f w

ar o

n the

hig

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eas

and the

defi

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ive

his

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of

the

fl ed

gli

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mer

ican

Nav

y.

21

M

ar

ch

, S

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rd

ay

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0:3

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M—

Pr

ese

nta

tio

n:

“P

re

pa

rin

g fo

r V

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ry

: T

ho

ma

s H

olc

om

b a

nd

th

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ak

ing

o

f th

e

Mo

de

rn

M

arin

e C

orp

s” w

ith

Da

vid

U

lbri

ch—

Hen

dri

ck H

ud

son

F

re

e L

ibr

ar

y,

Mo

ntr

ose

, N

Y.

Ex

plo

re t

he

dra

ma

tic

expan

sion o

f th

e M

arin

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orp

s a

s a

wa

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inn

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a

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or

and

his

tori

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rich

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how

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b h

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tabli

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t as

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pre

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phib

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assa

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maj

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:00 P

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ward

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inn

er,

Na

tion

al

Pre

ss C

lub

, W

ash

ing

ton

, D

C.

9 M

ay,

Sa

turd

ay

—A

nn

ua

l M

eeti

ng

, U

S N

av

al

Aca

dem

y M

use

um

, An

nap

oli

s, M

D.

30

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ay

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-ti

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of

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W

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ips”

wit

h N

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S

Ch

air

man

Ron

ald

Os-

wald

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hew

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an

d t

he

Joh

n W

illi

s G

riffi

th

s G

raves

ite

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ject

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end

rick

Hu

dso

n F

ree

Lib

rary

, Mon

trose

, NY

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joy a

pan

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pit

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in

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in r

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earn

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one.

24

Ju

ne,

Wed

nesd

ay,

6:0

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Ric

ha

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Bell

ivea

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Sem

ina

r: “

US

S Slater:

His

tory

an

d R

esto

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of

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La

st W

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estr

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sco

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Tim

oth

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. Riz

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end

rick

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dso

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rary

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on

tro

se,

NY

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xec

uti

ve

Dir

ecto

r T

imo

thy

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izzu

to o

f th

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estr

oy

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sco

rt H

isto

rica

l M

use

um

in

A

lban

y, N

Y,

reco

un

ts t

he

fasc

inat

ing

his

tory

of

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S

Sla

ter,

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ved

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25

J

uly

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atu

rd

ay

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ab

oa

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ari

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Ver

pla

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, N

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trad

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ud

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learw

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ith a

mis

sion

to

pro

tec

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e H

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iver

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e h

ave

all

seen

her

sai

ling th

e ri

ver

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dec

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ill t

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mai

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env

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ce: $

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per

per

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res

ervat

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gg

este

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26

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tem

ber

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turd

ay,

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Pre

sen

tati

on

: “

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se

ar

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es

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ls:

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ph

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xp

edit

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s to

A

nta

rc

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ell

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en

dric

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dso

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ibra

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trose

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