Re: Spanish-American War glass slides

Post #389,385 by gcareaga 5/12/14 3:42:04 PM Reply	Re: Spanish-American War glass slides The portrait of George Dewey (top row, fourth from the left) was taken after the war. He is pictured wearing the rank insignia of Admiral of the Navy, which he wasn't granted until 1903, five years after the Spanish-American War. He is the only six-star admiral the US Navy has ever had, andÂalong with George Washington (posthumously) and John PershingÂone of only three six-star general officers our government has ever created.
Post #389,388 by rcareaga 5/12/14 5:18:02 PM Reply	Re: Spanish-American War glass slides My younger brother is a reference librarian. Doesn't know everything; can generally simulate knowing everything within about three minutes at need. I am flanked by two supremely astute male siblings, but having missed the actual IQ horsepower I have been blessed with such powers of verbal invention as have permitted me to retain the appearance of a place at the table. I'm duly grateful, and just between thee and me I was more fun at parties back in the day. cordially,
Post #389,389 by gcareaga 5/12/14 5:30:15 PM Reply	Simulate? You're still more fun at parties. You are bookended by introverts. The older brother is deaf as a stump and I am becoming so.
Post #389,395 by Another Scott 5/12/14 8:40:29 PM Reply	:-)
Post #389,391 by Ashton 5/12/14 6:58:20 PM Reply	{Envy} As second-spawn (had a half-brother, years older and alas.. none-too cerebral) I was a War Orphan (no, not the Spanish/Cheney-grade Invasion.) being raised by a (in retrospect: superlatively-ept) Mater + various academies. Can see that I would have wasted-less time/energy in wheel-spinning, had I nearby some inquisitive, quarrelsome cohorts (with similarly developed senses of humour--a necessity, that.) Was not bereft, of course; had the good fortune to encounter a family of Music-virtuosi, whose cram-course opened that universe (though not quite as far as say, Penderecki.) I kept their mono-->stereos well-tempered like a klavier, for some recompense. Carrion, Mr G. Counterpoint is All. Glad you're ~aboard this small oasis amidst that miasma of impertinent detritus, writ too-bloody-Large.

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