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Summer is a season full of traditions, memory-making, and “back-in-the-day” reminiscences. Annual trips to a family cabin on the lake. Friendships made on New Hampshire shorelines. Boating with neighbors. Times to cherish.I felt these summer. ....
The Port Clinton Yacht Club held its annual Recognition Dinner last Saturday evening. Congratulations to the award winners: Tammi Almendinger was the winner ....
Sinmiyangyo: The bloody US-Korea battle born of cultural misunderstanding koreatimes.co.kr - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from koreatimes.co.kr Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
By Robert Neff Unsurprisingly, you have probably never heard of Bowline Tom, Bassilio, Fore Brace, Jib Sheet and Main Tack; they were the names given to five young shipwrecked Korean fishermen who were rescued by the American warship Colorado as it sailed to Nagasaki in May 1871. These fishermen ― the youngest was only 19 and the oldest was 22 ― were among the earliest Korean witnesses of the preparations leading up to Sinmiyangyo ― the brief conflict between the United States and Korea in June 1871. The American fleet arrived off the coast of Jemulpo (modern-day Incheon) on May 23 and began conducting surveys. On May 31, a Korean delegation was entertained aboard the American flagship in which the Americans tried to reassure their imposed-upon hosts that they came in peace and only wanted to survey the surrounding coastal areas. The Korean delegation gave no response which the Americans mistook as approval. According to professor Thomas Duvernay, This was probably ....