Daily Photo – Flags of Fort Sumter

February 29, 2012
Travel

Flags of Fort Sumter (Click image for larger view or to purchase)

The five flags below the current US flag in this image represent the five flags that flew over the fort during the Civil War.

Daily Photo – USS Yorktown

February 27, 2012
Travel

USS Yorktown CV-10 (Click image for larger view or to purchase)

The USS Yorktown (CV-10) was the tenth aircraft carrier to serve in the US Navy. Commissioned in April 1943, she saw action in the Pacific, replacing CV-5 (also named USS Yorktown) lost at the Battle of Midway. She was build in just sixteen-and-a-half months!