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  • Poster Postcards Part XThe US Navy Visits Australia

    Poster Postcards Part X

    The US Navy Visits Australia

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    U. S. Fleet Visits Australia The year before President Theodore Roosevelt left office, he dispatched the U. S. Navy’s Atlantic Fleet on an around the world tour. Twenty-eight ships and 14,000 men left port in Hampton Ponds, Virginia for South America, Hawaii, New Zealand, Australia, the Philippines, Japan, Malaya, and back home through Suez and the Straits of Gibraltar. One of the

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In 1937 a restoration of the Betsy Ross home in Philadelphia was completed and the Congress created a new American holiday – June 14th – Flag Day. There are still reasons to celebrate our flag. You should rescue that tattered old banner in your garage and display it this weekend.

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