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box_cameraI was there about a week before Hope and I went to Fort Pike, so I couldn't help but compare them. Gaines is in much better condition than Pike, which is not surprising, because Louisiana really doesn't have their shit together when it comes to parks and historic sites.
Apparently this is where Admiral David Farragut said the famous line "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!", during the Battle of Mobile Bay, in the Civil War. I thought it was odd that they would put it on all their signage and pamphlets, since Farragut was a Union admiral. But you know, we're all the same country now, so kudos to Alabama for refusing to give in to that stupid us vs. them grudge-holding mentality that is one of my least favorite things about the south.
Apparently this is where Admiral David Farragut said the famous line "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!", during the Battle of Mobile Bay, in the Civil War. I thought it was odd that they would put it on all their signage and pamphlets, since Farragut was a Union admiral. But you know, we're all the same country now, so kudos to Alabama for refusing to give in to that stupid us vs. them grudge-holding mentality that is one of my least favorite things about the south.
