This picture was taken of Ralph and Marion at Mount Vernon on their trip to Washington D.C. when Ralph received his National Heritage Fellowship. The caption of this image in Ralph Stanley's autobiography reads, "Marion and me on the porch at Mount Vernon, wondering where those boots went." The boots in question were the boots that George Washington supposedly gave to Jacob Lurvey, a Stanley ancestor, when he was developing frostbite at Valley Forge.
Description: This picture was taken of Ralph and Marion at Mount Vernon on their trip to Washington D.C. when Ralph received his National Heritage Fellowship. The caption of this image in Ralph Stanley's autobiography reads, "Marion and me on the porch at Mount Vernon, wondering where those boots went." The boots in question were the boots that George Washington supposedly gave to Jacob Lurvey, a Stanley ancestor, when he was developing frostbite at Valley Forge. [show more]
Description: Acadia, built for Adrian Edmondson who wanted a Friendship sloop like the Endeavor but twenty-eight feet long instead of twenty-five-and-a-half.
These images are part of the Historic American Engineering Record, National Park Service. See the attached PDF file titled "Index to Black & White Photographs" for a description of each image.
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Description: These images are part of the Historic American Engineering Record, National Park Service. See the attached PDF file titled "Index to Black & White Photographs" for a description of each image.
In the War of 1812, during the British blockade of the east coast, two British frigates, HMS Junon and HMS Tenedos, chased the USS Constitution into Marblehead Harbor and the safety of Fort Sewall. July 1997, in honor of the 200th anniversary of USS Constitution, "Old Ironsides," commissioning, Capt. William Harland Kelley was chosen to sail the famous 204’, 3-masted wooden frigate out of Boston, into Marblehead Harbor and back to Boston. This was her first independent sail in 116 years.
Description: In the War of 1812, during the British blockade of the east coast, two British frigates, HMS Junon and HMS Tenedos, chased the USS Constitution into Marblehead Harbor and the safety of Fort Sewall. July 1997, in honor of the 200th anniversary of USS Constitution, "Old Ironsides," commissioning, Capt. William Harland Kelley was chosen to sail the famous 204’, 3-masted wooden frigate out of Boston, into Marblehead Harbor and back to Boston. This was her first independent sail in 116 years. [show more]