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Farragut Day Honors Hastings On Hudson Admirals Birth
The Hastings on Hudson observance on July 4 and Farragut Day on July 5 mark the 140th anniversary of David Glasgow Farragut’s birth. Born near Knoxville on 1801, he grew to national fame as a Civil War admiral, famed for victories at New Orleans Port Hudson and Mobile Bay. Farragut’s career, from midshipman to admiral, included the Hartford’s Mississippi dash and the famous torpedo charge. His memory endures in statues at Farragut Square Washington and Madison Square New York, with a marble tablet in the Church of the Incarnation.
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