Island Hunters Face Storm and Uncertain Help
Roy and Horton study an Aleut village on a newly found island as a gale approaches. Waymire secures the ship while Roy fears disaster if the wind shifts and escape becomes impossible. Eric implements orders to ready lifeboats and supplies for a possible daylight move.
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Roy
Horton
Tierton
Alaskan Islands
Waymire
Roy Stuart
Eric
Sou-Westry
Sandomar
Will K J
Breakers Ahead On The Intrepid Amid Mutinous Crew
On the Intrepid a storm drives the ship toward wreck as Captain Waymire battles a mutinous crew led by Stronsky and Horton. Eric warns of breakers, the crew abandons ship, and Stronsky declares he caused the sinking before leaping overboard. The voyage ends with only a nine‑seat boat taking survivors.
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Eric
Waymire
Intrepid
Ferguson
Scot
Stronsky
Skinner
Aad
Sandofar
Horton
Nan
Sandomar
Erle
Erlc
Union of the Soviet Republics
Murray
Stalin
Hric
Sando- Mmar
Cooky
Mother Horton
Marie Chambon
Roy
Wayfmire
Jrate Millionaire
Ericsson
Felix Horton Sails for Uncharted Islands Aboard the Intrepid
Felix Horton a millionaire sails with his mother daughter Nan and Roy Stuart to Squaw Harbor Alaska to recruit sailors but fails. A deaf Pole named Sandomar leads the stranded crew until Eric Ericsson an old friend and master with papers agrees to serve as chief officer. Nan is drawn to Hortons quiet strength during a moonlit moment.
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Felix Horton
Nan
Roy Stuart
Squaw Harbor
Alaska
Horton
Sandomar
Waymire
Eric Ericsson
Hric
Joye
Spirit of 76 painting by Ohio-born artist Archibald Willard
The Spirit of 76 depicts a battlefield crisis shifted to a marching trio of musicians seen as reigniting courage. Archibald M. Willard of Bedford, Ohio born August 22 1836 created it. after Philadelphia Centennial exhibition it gained national fame and was donated to Marblehead Massachusetts by General Devereux.
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Washington Post
Archibald M. Willard
John Huntington Devereux
National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
United States
Willard
Bedford
Ohio
Philadelphia
General Devereux
Marblehead
Mass
Then Now on Fourth of July Then and Now
Esservence of the first Fourth of July differs from present celebrations as fireworks recreation and a rest day mark the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. The article lists notable events born and died on July 4 and key historical milestones from 1636 to 1848.
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John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
James Monroe
Calvin Coolidge
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Stephen Foster
Vicksburg
Washington
Providence
R. J
Roger Williams
Erie Canal
How Key Wrote Immortal Song
FRANCIS SCOTT KEY, resident of Georgetown D. C., wrote The Star Spangled Banner while detained on a British ship during the bombardment of Fort McHenry. He watched the attack from deck with an American physician and others, and as dawn broke the flag remained, inspiring the ode.
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Francis Scott Key
Georgetown
Fort McHenry
Washington
Key
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Young America
How Key
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