Her Master is a woman. She commands an American warship, a 44-gun United States Class heavy frigate, personally named by George Washington. She was designed by an American genius from Philadelphia and built by New Englanders in a Boston shipyard. Her bow has sliced through all the Earth’s oceans, across four centuries of time.
Thanks for the article. This year, due to scheduling difficulties as we emerge from Covid lockdown, the schooner BILL OF RIGHTS was unable to join the 4th of July celebrations. She's been in 4th of July celebrations since launch in 1971, was in the 1976 New York parade and has been an icon for the strength, resilience and decency that is expressed in the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. We struggle here in Chula Vista, CA to us a traditional wooden American schooner bring a bit of history alive.
Thanks for the article. This year, due to scheduling difficulties as we emerge from Covid lockdown, the schooner BILL OF RIGHTS was unable to join the 4th of July celebrations. She's been in 4th of July celebrations since launch in 1971, was in the 1976 New York parade and has been an icon for the strength, resilience and decency that is expressed in the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. We struggle here in Chula Vista, CA to us a traditional wooden American schooner bring a bit of history alive.