The Tripolitan War 1801 - 1805
Tuesday April 28, 2009
Escalation, a new American President, and a failure to honor treaties, led to a declaration of war between the Barbary State of Tripolitania and the United States of America.
Recorded as the first land engagement of American troops outside the American continent, the battle at Derna has a particular place in the memory of the United States Marine Corps. The trek across the desert is commemorated in the first verse of the Marines' Hymn: "to the shores of Tripoli". Find out more...
Recorded as the first land engagement of American troops outside the American continent, the battle at Derna has a particular place in the memory of the United States Marine Corps. The trek across the desert is commemorated in the first verse of the Marines' Hymn: "to the shores of Tripoli". Find out more...
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Your article on Robben Island is interesting, if a little short on fact. I visited the island in 1994 and was impressed by those parts of it which we were able to see at that time. However, last year I had occasion to take my daughter (who lives in Sydney) there and was really disappointed to see the extent of the dilapidation to which it has succumbed. We were also somewhat bemused by the fact that the guide regaled us with endless histories of Robert Sobukhwe (whoever he may have been) and hardly mentioned Mandela, who is, let’s face it, the prime reason that most people want to go there. The tour was short, incomplete, highly politicised, and rather disappointing. The island itself was somewhate derelict, unkempt, rubbish-strewn, and generally a rather sad avert for the museum which now manages it. What a shame!