What a great group of people who have registered for my class! We have one last meeting to get our White Fleet battleships home to Hampton Roads, Virginia where they will be stripped of their gold filigree and painted the ‘battleship grey’. We were lucky to have a gentleman bring to class and display a stadimeter for all of us to see. This was the instrument the officer of the day used to determine the distance between his ship and…
Travel with Teddy Roosevelt’s Great White Fleet Travel with Teddy Roosevelt’s Great White Fleet of sixteen battleships as they cruised around the world, the first fleet to do so. This documented event is only a couple of paragraphs in most history books. Students will learn about the battleships, the reason for the cruise, the political climate, the animals aboard, the entertainment at each port and aboard ship, and the unexpected mishaps. This is a lecture course that will highlight over 200…