April 14, 2026
Tag: USS Bostwick
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Dravo Corporation and the US Navy
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The Delaware Valley’s second city, Wilmington, Delaware, was the home of the Dravo Corporation. At a time when the country needed ships, Dravo built eight vessels that helped win World War II. Learn their histories from these thumb-nail bios.
Past Article
July 14, 2022 8 Comments
In an old tattered and torn library book entitled My Favorite American Sports Memories, the author recounted 16 stories of his days as a kid growing up in Brooklyn, New York. He became a syndicated sports columnist with a wide audience. Seven of the stories were about baseball games played in the 1920s and ‘30s. Those were the days when baseball became America’s favorite pastime.