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Mon Sep 18, 2023, 07:43 PM

NowISeetheLight (3,411 posts)

USNS Harriet Tubman... A Worthy Name

From Stars and Stripes (excerpts):>

US Navy to christen oiler named in honor of Civil War hero Harriet Tubman

A second U.S. Navy ship will bear the name of a celebrated abolitionist who was the first African American woman to formally serve in the military during the Civil War, Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro recently announced.

The future USNS Harriet Tubman follows a tradition of naming John Lewis-class oilers after civil rights activists, Del Toro said in statement Sunday. The first ship to bear Tubman’s name was a Liberty vessel built during World War II, the Navy said.

At least 70 men, women and children escape slavery while conducting them along the Underground Railroad, a network of safe houses and passages that led to freedom.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2023-09-18/harriet-tubman-navy-oiler-john-lewis-11414002.html

https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/News-Stories/Article/3528533/secnav-names-ship-after-american-abolitionist-social-activist-harriet-tubman/

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21 replies	Author	Time	Post
USNS Harriet Tubman... A Worthy Name (Original post)	NowISeetheLight	Sep 18	OP
Excellent!	niyad	Sep 18	#1
Excellent	sheshe2	Sep 18	#2
That is such a BEAUTIFUL mural!	Think. Again.	Sep 18	#6
I would love to see it in person some day.	sheshe2	Sep 18	#7
I can honestly...	Think. Again.	Sep 18	#9
Where is it?	efhmc	Sep 18	#8
In Harriet Tubman's hometown, Cambridge MD.	Think. Again.	Sep 18	#10
Some Day	NowISeetheLight	Sep 18	#14
Just to be clear...	Think. Again.	Sep 18	#15
Here	sheshe2	Sep 18	#11
Ah, yes, I remember seeing this in a photo. Wonderfully done!	electric_blue68	Sep 18	#19
I am so pleased at this news	Hekate	Sep 18	#3
Holly Near · Ronnie Gilbert	struggle4progress	Sep 18	#4
"Hooyah"	Deuxcents	Sep 18	#5
Civil war spy, strategist, freedom fighter	cbabe	Sep 18	#12
Wow. That's a ship I'd be proud to serve on... n/t	TygrBright	Sep 18	#13
movie Harriet...	Hermit-The-Prog	Sep 18	#16
Desantis won't want that ship sailing around Florida	Demovictory9	Sep 18	#17
Goodwill Tour	NowISeetheLight	Sep 19	#21
Certain to be known as "The Tub"	Zorro	Sep 18	#18
Too bad my dad's gone.	carpetbagger	Sep 18	#20

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Mon Sep 18, 2023, 07:44 PM

niyad (105,985 posts)

1. Excellent!

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Mon Sep 18, 2023, 07:55 PM

sheshe2 (80,880 posts)

2. Excellent

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Mon Sep 18, 2023, 08:20 PM

Think. Again. (2,884 posts)

6. That is such a BEAUTIFUL mural!

..it's stunning to come around the corner and see it in all it's glory in front of you!

A truly great work.

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Mon Sep 18, 2023, 08:26 PM

sheshe2 (80,880 posts)

7. I would love to see it in person some day.

Magnificent.

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Mon Sep 18, 2023, 08:46 PM

Think. Again. (2,884 posts)

9. I can honestly...

...it's the most moving mural I've ever experienced.

Hidden around the side of a small park, off of a main street. Perfectly crafted, a glorious tribute to one of America's most beautiful souls.

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Mon Sep 18, 2023, 08:42 PM

efhmc (14,475 posts)

8. Where is it?

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Mon Sep 18, 2023, 08:47 PM

Think. Again. (2,884 posts)

10. In Harriet Tubman's hometown, Cambridge MD.

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Mon Sep 18, 2023, 09:13 PM

NowISeetheLight (3,411 posts)

14. Some Day

Some day I plan on visiting New England again. I want to visit the USS Nautilus after having attended sub school in '84. But I also want to visit the Mystic Seaport and USS Massachusetts battleship. I'll be adding this mural to the list of things to see.

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Mon Sep 18, 2023, 09:29 PM

Think. Again. (2,884 posts)

15. Just to be clear...

...the mural and the Harriet Tubman museum are in Cambridge Maryland, not Cambridge Massachusetts.

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Mon Sep 18, 2023, 08:52 PM

sheshe2 (80,880 posts)

11. Here

https://harriettubmanbyway.org/harriet-tubman-museum/

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Mon Sep 18, 2023, 10:17 PM

electric_blue68 (13,444 posts)

19. Ah, yes, I remember seeing this in a photo. Wonderfully done!

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Mon Sep 18, 2023, 07:56 PM

Hekate (86,648 posts)

3. I am so pleased at this news

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Mon Sep 18, 2023, 08:03 PM

struggle4progress (116,000 posts)

4. Holly Near · Ronnie Gilbert

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Mon Sep 18, 2023, 08:05 PM

Deuxcents (13,217 posts)

5. "Hooyah"

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Mon Sep 18, 2023, 08:58 PM

cbabe (2,773 posts)

12. Civil war spy, strategist, freedom fighter

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Tubman

…her role in the raid led to her being widely credited as the first woman to lead U.S. troops in an armed assault.[150]…

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Mon Sep 18, 2023, 09:07 PM

TygrBright (20,454 posts)

13. Wow. That's a ship I'd be proud to serve on... n/t

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Mon Sep 18, 2023, 09:34 PM

Hermit-The-Prog (29,586 posts)

16. movie Harriet...

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4648786/plotsummary/

An epilogue states she personally freed more than 70 slaves on the Underground Railroad and returned as a Union spy during the Civil War, leading 150 colored soldiers, who freed over 750 slaves.

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Mon Sep 18, 2023, 09:41 PM

Demovictory9 (30,555 posts)

17. Desantis won't want that ship sailing around Florida

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Tue Sep 19, 2023, 06:28 AM

NowISeetheLight (3,411 posts)

21. Goodwill Tour

A nice Goodwill Tour of Florida ports, along with Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia and South Carolina would be fitting.

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Mon Sep 18, 2023, 10:04 PM

Zorro (15,680 posts)

18. Certain to be known as "The Tub"

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Mon Sep 18, 2023, 10:33 PM

carpetbagger (4,089 posts)

20. Too bad my dad's gone.

He ran the tanker fleet for MSC in the 80s and 90s. He had a good fleet, great crews and command staff, but not a fleet of the USNS Lewis, Milk, Marshall, Ginsburg and Tubman.

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