Richard Somers Day Celebration Flier in JPEG
REMEMBER RICHARD SOMERS
1:30 P.M. LABOR DAY MONDAY
SOMERS MANSION, 1000 SHORE ROAD, SOMERS POINT, NJ
(TAKE PARKWAY EXIT 29 FROM SOUTH, 31 FROM NORTH TO FOOT OF OCEAN CITY BRIDGE)
On September 4, 1804, 26 year old Richard Somers and the whole crew of his ship ?Intrepid? were killed fighting America?s first ?War on Terror?.
For more than 300 years, the Barbary Kingdoms of North Africa attacked ships and coastal towns from Italy to Iceland and captured and sold more than a million Europeans as slaves.
By the 1700?s, England, France, and Spain bribed the Barbary Kingdoms with ?ransom? or ?tribute? to avoid attacks. But in 1798, Americans shouted ?Millions for defense?not one cent for tribute!? We built a navy and fought to protect our people. Richard Somers of Somers Point joined that new navy at age 20.
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