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[AC in A2......Aaron 693]

Thanks for the update. Would be neat to know the backstory on where the tanks (10 foot pole big gun) were covertly procured from......unless it was procured from Dave's property.

[Nicki aka Rebelstand 272]

The four of you, who will remain nameless, Cherie, Dave, Bob, and Bill, have taken a perfectly innocent TR and brought it down to the depths of depravity and vulgarism that is beneath even the four of you, Cherie, Dave, Bob, and Bill.

As usual, I'll take the high road and complement Nicki on her excellent TR.

(Let's see how many people give me up arrows for that self serving baloney.)

apparently stef and AC wanted to be added to your list of names

of course I gave you an up arrow for that serving of hooey

[dblr....Rennie 224]

I can not believe it you were 30 minutes from us we live right up Rt 40 where were you staying?

[doodlebug....Cherie 461]

The four of you, who will remain nameless, Cherie, Dave, Bob, and Bill, have taken a perfectly innocent TR and brought it down to the depths of depravity and vulgarism that is beneath even the four of you, Cherie, Dave, Bob, and Bill.

As usual, I'll take the high road and complement Nicki on her excellent TR.

(Let's see how many people give me up arrows for that self serving baloney.)

But it is a really big gun! :rofl2:

[SCTigerCock 171]

:rofl2: :rofl2: :rofl2:

[DaveInTN 3,247]

You see....Doodle gets us.

[doodlebug....Cherie 461]

You see....Doodle gets us.

I'm not sure that's a good thing. :rofl2:

[Hotmamac aka Misty 11]

I'm all caught up now. Thanks for taking us along!

[Nicki aka Rebelstand 272]

I can not believe it you were 30 minutes from us we live right up Rt 40 where were you staying?

Bar Harbor RV park

:rofl2: :rofl2: :rofl2:

Laughing like that will eventually cause :wetpants:

You see....Doodle gets us.

I'm not sure that's a good thing. :rofl2:

As i had already warned you and Bob... doodle, apparently, isn't the only one that gets you. :bugeyes: That scares me.

I'm all caught up now. Thanks for taking us along!

Who told you that you were all caught up? Was it Lou or Bob or Dave? They lied. Maybe you'll get a new update today and maybe you won't.

[stefa70 205]

Maybe you'll get a new update today and maybe you won't.

Fine Miss Sassypants! Maybe I'll read it, maybe I won't! :raspberry2:

[Nicki aka Rebelstand 272]

Fine Miss Sassypants! Maybe I'll read it, maybe I won't! :raspberry2:

Missy, we are gonna see just how smart you are? By the way, one day your face is gonna get frozen like that! :rofl2:

[Nicki aka Rebelstand 272]

Fort McHenry, A Fort With Two Tales-

We interrupt this Tr for that dreaded of all things -

Pop Quiz - All Googlers will be disqualified!

1. Where was Francis Scott Key, EXACTLY/PRECISELY, when he wrote the Star Spangled Banner?
   
2. Why was he at that location?
   
3. How many stanzas are there to the Star Spangled Banner?
   
4. When did Key write the Star Spangled Banner? Time of Day and Year?
   
5. When was it adopted as our National Anthem?
   
6. What music it is set to?
   
7. What is so special about the Fort McHenry Flag?
   

[CCIntrigue...aka Gwen 547]

Ouch. I can't answer any of these questions without Googling.

[doodlebug....Cherie 461]

I am disqualified too!

[CCIntrigue...aka Gwen 547]

I am disqualified too!

I'm in good company!

[SCTigerCock 171]

wasn't he locked up on the baltimore harbor?

I'm guessing below:

• How many stanzas are there to the Star Spangled Banner?
  

3?

• When did Key write the Star Spangled Banner? Time of Day and Year?
  

I guess night, but it might be daytime

• When was it adopted as our National Anthem?
  

When congress said so

• What music it is set to?
  

IASW

• What is so special about the Fort McHenry Flag?
  

Beer?

[Nicki aka Rebelstand 272]

Ouch. I can't answer any of these questions without Googling.

I am disqualified too!

I'm in good company!

All you need to know is here at the NPS site.

wasn't he locked up on the baltimore harbor?

I'm guessing below:

• How many stanzas are there to the Star Spangled Banner?
  

3?

• When did Key write the Star Spangled Banner? Time of Day and Year?
  

I guess night, but it might be daytime

• When was it adopted as our National Anthem?
  

When congress said so

• What music it is set to?
  

IASW

• What is so special about the Fort McHenry Flag?
  

Beer?

sort of

close but you don't get a cigar

see next update

exactly

no but it can get stuck in your head just as long (I am still singing "and the rocket's red glare"

sadly, for you, no

[Nicki aka Rebelstand 272]

Fort McHenry, A Fort With Two Tales- Parts 1&2

Pop Quiz Answers -

1. Francis Scott Key was on a British Naval Vessel for the bombardment of Fort McHenry.
   
2. He was trying to negogiate a prisoner release.
   
3. There are Four Stanzas
   
4. Somewhat of a trick question... he was inspired by dawn but who know how long it actually took him to write it. 1812 would be the year.
   
5. March 3, 1931 by congressional resolution
   
6. Anacreon in Heaven
   
7. It has 15 stars and 15 stripes unlike the flag we have today with it's 13 stripes and 50 stars.
   

By the way, I knew none of the above until our trip to Fort McHenry.

And now we return to our regularly scheduled TR -

The Flag Currently Flying At Fort McHenry -

A word to the wise, if you participate in the Flag Talk at Fort McHenry I strongly urge you to get in the FRONT of the line so you will be at the Stars end. You see a little know fact about the all Stripes end... this is where 99% of the bird poop ends up. FYI - It's all on you now!

A statue of Francis Scott Key from inside the theater room at the Visitors Center -

He is gazing upon the Fort -

Now moving on -

No comments from me on these.. I am sure you can make your own.

The Ravelin ammunitions storage area is through those doors -

Entering into the heart of the Five Point Star (living areas)

Four Men to a bunk -

The original cross brace that held the Fort McHenry Flag during the battle.

Fort McHenry was an active military base long past the War of 1812. It was used as a Prison site during the Civil War. It was used as a hospital during WWI. It was a United States Coast Guard Station during WWII. Fort McHenry was turned over to the National Park service in 1925. Fourteen years later it was redesigned as a National Monument and Historic Shrine. How many of NPS parks have this designation? The prize is, once again, an unauthorized hug from Lou.

Disclaimer: This is an unauthorized hug from Lou. I am not responsible should you be slapped with a restraining order for stalking from Lou's Lawyer when trying to claim your prize.

[momof3kids-Yvonne 596]

Hey how come Lou reads your trip report? I am thinking it has something to do with apple pie.

I love Fort McHenry. My eyes always leak at the end of the movie shown there. Want to know the saddest thing? I lived in the Baltimore area (Columbia and Odenton) for 18 years and it was not until after we moved to Alabama that I actually went to visit the Fort. Now when I go back to visit I try to get there as much as possible.

[Lou... 3,118]

I knew all the answers, wanna buy a bridge, but I'm not collecting a cushy pension from a company that we had to bail out recently or sending multiple daughters out to work in order to support me, so I didn't get a chance to answer them because I was slaving away.

Hey how come Lou reads your trip report? I am thinking it has something to do with apple pie.

Well duh!

[Nicki aka Rebelstand 272]

Hey how come Lou reads your trip report? I am thinking it has something to do with apple pie.

I love Fort McHenry. My eyes always leak at the end of the movie shown there. Want to know the saddest thing? I lived in the Baltimore area (Columbia and Odenton) for 18 years and it was not until after we moved to Alabama that I actually went to visit the Fort. Now when I go back to visit I try to get there as much as possible.

He doesn't actually read them. he just browses in hopes I will post a picture of said pie.

Don't feel bad we lived in the Jersey/NYC area for 2 years. We only saw touristy stuff when others wanted to see it. Have yet to step foot on Liberty or Ellis Island, the Empire State Building or top of the Rock.

I knew all the answers, wanna buy a bridge, but I'm not collecting a cushy pension from a company that we had to bail out recently or sending multiple daughters out to work in order to support me, so I didn't get a chance to answer them because I was slaving away.

Well duh!

Well here are a few just for you -

1. Why were the 15 stars and stripes on the Fort McHenry Flag?
   
2. Who sewed the original Fort McHenry Flag?
   
3. What was the name of the Commander of Fort McHenry during the Battle?
   
4. What Ship was Francis Scott Key detained on?
   

[Lou... 3,118]

Well here are a few just for you -

1. Why were the 15 stars and stripes on the Fort McHenry Flag?
   
2. Who sewed the original Fort McHenry Flag?
   
3. What was the name of the Commander of Fort McHenry during the Battle?
   
4. What Ship was Francis Scott Key detained on?
   

No, no, no, I don't do pity questions.

[Nicki aka Rebelstand 272]

No, no, no, I don't do pity questions.

In other words, you don't know these answers.

[doodlebug....Cherie 461]

Nice update, Nicki! In the future though you need to make the quizzes open book!

I have nothing to say about those little guns. :)

[Nicki aka Rebelstand 272]

Nice update, Nicki! In the future though you need to make the quizzes open book!

I have nothing to say about those little guns. :)

actually what I said "NO GOOGLE"...

not into the little guns are you? :rofl2: