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usmc1855
09-13-2014, 08:16
"The British Fleet is in sight and the Marines have been ordered to man the water battery."

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csadn
09-13-2014, 15:33
<- hums a few bars of "Another One Bites The Dust" >;)
Lucky Jack
09-21-2014, 03:10
Nice picture, see the US-banner, how many stars are on it?. Could you tell a little more about this situation between the us and british ships?

Lucky Jack
7eat51
09-21-2014, 10:10
Brian, did you take the photo?

Welcome aboard, Christoph. Stop by the Welcome Aboard forum and introduce yourself sometime. Folks will be happy to meet you: http://sailsofglory.org/forumdisplay.php?5-Welcome-Aboard
Coog
09-21-2014, 10:23
Nice picture, see the US-banner, how many stars are on it?. Could you tell a little more about this situation between the us and british ships?

Lucky Jack

The United States flag at that time had 15 stars and 15 stripes for each state. In 1795 the number of stars and stripes had been increased from 13, for the original 13 colonies that had declared independence, to 15 to reflect the addition of Vermont and Kentucky as states. It was decided that future flags would only have 13 stripes, for the original 13 states, and a star would be added for each new state.

The picture is a painting called "In Action" by Michel Felice Corne. It depicts the battle between USS Constitution and HMS Guerriere. Here is a link for an article on the battle:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Constitution_vs_HMS_Guerriere
Naharaht
09-22-2014, 16:41
Welcome to the Anchorage, Christoph.
Lucky Jack
09-24-2014, 22:53
Ah, so this painting is a time stamp of the earliest history of the US.
One reason for this had been the british pressings, didn't it? I think in the novels oft O'Brien it was explained like this.
(Of cause, I shouldn't get my Informations from novels ;) )
Great picture, and thanks for explaining to Coog.

Lucky Jack