A British Schooner Captured By Farmers In 1775
CAPTAIN JERRY O'BRIEN LEADS THE PATRIOTS OF 1775 HOW would any of you like to go back to the days when people had only tallow candles to light their houses, and the moon to light their streets, when they traveled on horseback or by stage, and go... A Daring Exploit
About a century ago, pirates on the northern coast of Africa were causing a great deal of trouble. They used to dash out in their vessels, and capture and plunder the merchant ships of all nations. The poor sailors were sold as slaves, and then ki... A Famous Vessel Saved By A Poem
"OLD IRONSIDES" WINS NEW GLORY "OLD IRONSIDES was a noble old ship, and a noble old ship was she." Come, I know you have not heard enough about this grand old ship, so let us go on with her story. And the first thing to tell is how she served a... A Hero's Welcome
Rarely has the benefactor of a people been awarded such measure of gratitude as we gave Lafayette, in 1824. Eager crowds flocked into the cities and the villages to welcome this hero. Thousands of children, the boys in blue jackets and the girls i... A Midnight Surprise
We have certainly read enough about General Washington to know that he often planned to steal a march on the British. Don't you remember how surprised General Howe was one morning to find that Washington had gone to Dorchester Heights, with a big ... A Midwinter Campaign
A splendid monument overlooks the battlefield of Saratoga. Heroic bronze statues of Schuyler, Gates, and Morgan, three of the four great leaders in this battle, stand each in a niche on three faces of the obelisk. On the south side the space is em... A River Fleet In A Hail Of Fire
ADMIRAL PORTER RUNS BY THE FORTS IN A NOVEL WAY OF course you know what a tremendous task the North had before it in the Civil War. The war between the North and the South was like a battle of giants. And in this vast contest the navy had to do ... Benedict Arnold The Soldier-sailor
A NOVEL FIGHT ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN WAS it not a dreadful pity that Benedict Arnold should disgrace himself forever by becoming a traitor to his country? To think of his making himself the most despised of all Americans, when, if he had been true to... Captain Barry And His Rowboats Win A Victory Over The British
A GALLANT NAVAL HERO OF IRISH BLOOD THE heroes of our navy were not all Americans born. More than one of them came from British soil, but a footprint on the green fields of America soon turned them into true-blue Yankees. There was John Paul Jo... Captain Bushnell Scares The British
THE PIONEER TORPEDO BOAT AND THE BATTLE OF THE KEGS MANY of us, all our lives, have seen vessels of every size and shape darting to and fro over the water; some with sails spread to the wind, others with puffing pipes and whirling wheels. And... Captain Ingraham Teaches Austria A Lesson
OUR NAVY UPHOLDS THE RIGHTS OF AN AMERICAN IN A FOREIGN LAND NOW I have a story to tell you about how this country looks after its citizens abroad. It is not a long story, but it is a good one, and Americans have been proud of Captain Ingraham e... Captain Lawrence Dies For The Flag
HIS WORDS, "DO NOT GIVE UP THE SHIP," BECOME THE FAMOUS MOTTO OF THE AMERICAN NAVY THE United States navy had its Hornet as well as its Wasps. And they were well named, for they were all able to sting. The captain of the Hornet was a noble seam... Captain Paul Jones
THE GREATEST OF AMERICA'S NAVAL HEROES ONCE upon a time there lived in Scotland a poor gardener named John Paul, who had a little son to whom he gave the same name. The rich man's garden that the father took care of was close by the sea, and lit... Captain Tucker Honored By George Washington
THE DARING ADVENTURES OF THE HERO OF MARBLEHEAD CAPTAIN SAMUEL TUCKER was a Yankee boy who began his career by running away from home and shipping as a cabin-boy on the British sloop-of-war Royal George. It was a good school for a seaman, and wh... Commodore Farragut Wins Renown
THE HERO OF MOBILE BAY LASHES HIMSELF TO THE MAST AN old friend of ours is David G. Farragut. We met him, you may remember, years ago, on the old Essex, under Captain Porter, when he was a boy of only about ten years of age. Young as he was, he ...

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