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Seawolf Park is a memorial to USS Seawolf (SS-197), a United States Navy Sargo-class submarine mistakenly sunk by U.S. Navy forces in 1944 during World War II. It is located on Pelican Island ( 29°20′03″N 94°46′45″W / 29.33417°N 94.77917°W / 29.33417; -94.77917 ), just north of Galveston , Texas , in the United States
On 25 June 1974, Stewart and the Gato-class submarine Cavalla were donated by the U.S. Navy to the city of Galveston for use as part of the American Undersea Warfare Center at Seawolf Park. The municipal park is a memorial to the loss of USS Seawolf, SS-197 and Texans who died in World War II. The park is located on Pelican Island.
Steel shortages during World War I led the US to build experimental concrete ships, the largest of which was the SS Selma, today partially submerged in Galveston Bay and visible from both the Houston Ship Channel and Seawolf Park. SS Selma was built in Mobile, Alabama, and named to honor Selma, Alabama, for its successful wartime liberty loan ...
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"How Long, Not Long" is the popular name given to the public speech delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. on the steps of the State Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered this speech after the completion of the Selma to Montgomery March on March 25, 1965. [1] The speech is also known as "Our God Is Marching On!" [2]
A Capitol police officer looks out of a broken window as rioters gather in the Capitol Building on Jan. 6, 2021 A pro-Trump mob disrupted the official certification of Joe Biden's victory in the ...
Congress Hall is now maintained by the National Park Service, which operates guided tours of the building throughout the year on a first-come, first-served basis. [8] On December 2, 2008, the building hosted President-elect Barack Obama's meeting with the National Governors Association where they discussed the economic crisis then facing the ...