Today (Wednesday, April 17, 2013) we went to the Mariners’
Museum and it was worth it. Running to exhibits to exhibits, there were so many
exhibits to explore. My favorite exhibit was about the USS Monitor and the CS
Virginia, the two Ironclads that fought each other, with no one winning, and both
going back as heroes. FACT! After they got back, the Monitor sunk in a big
storm and the Virginia got shredded so Union soldiers couldn’t use it.
Surprisingly, they had the original turret from the USS Monitor although it was
upside down. They also had other pieces from the Monitor that they had
recovered.
PLEASE COMMENT!
>>>WHO DO
YOU THINK WON THE BATTLE OF IRONCLADS<<<
The USS Monitor?
It was a tie?
The CSS Virginia?
Also… FISH! <>< <>< <><
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I always figured it was the Monitor, but then that was a long, long time ago (I mean me-- high school!) and I probably forgot. BTW, are you going to Monticello, or did you do that on your last trip?
ReplyDeleteI too remembered it was the Monitor that won. I wonder if that's the way it was written in our OLD school history books. Did you bring the copy of Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States I gave you?
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