. John Paul Jones' last cruise and final resting place the United States Naval academy . HOISTING THE FRENCH COLORS ON BOARD THE BROOKLYN UPON THE ARRIVAL OF THE AMERICAN SQUADRON AT CHERBOURG *See footnote on page GRAVES IN THE CEMETERY OF CHERBOURG OF THE CONFEDERATE SAILORS THAT WERE KILLED IN THE SEAFIGHT OFF CHERBOURG BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES SLOOP OF WAR KEARSAGE AND THE CONFEDERATE CRUISER ALABAMA JOHN PAUL JONES* LAST CRUISE IJ FESTIVITIES AT CHERBOURG IN HONOR OF THE FOURTH OF JULY The festivities at Cherbourg in honor of the American nationalholiday were on a magnificent scale,
. John Paul Jones' last cruise and final resting place the United States Naval academy . HOISTING THE FRENCH COLORS ON BOARD THE BROOKLYN UPON THE ARRIVAL OF THE AMERICAN SQUADRON AT CHERBOURG *See footnote on page GRAVES IN THE CEMETERY OF CHERBOURG OF THE CONFEDERATE SAILORS THAT WERE KILLED IN THE SEAFIGHT OFF CHERBOURG BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES SLOOP OF WAR KEARSAGE AND THE CONFEDERATE CRUISER ALABAMA JOHN PAUL JONES* LAST CRUISE IJ FESTIVITIES AT CHERBOURG IN HONOR OF THE FOURTH OF JULY The festivities at Cherbourg in honor of the American nationalholiday were on a magnificent scale, and consisted of an immensetorchlight procession, an open-air concert, a lunch offered to theAmerican sailors by the French sailors and soldiers, a gardenparty given by Vice-Admiral Besson at the Prefecture in honor ofthe American officers, a reception by the Maire on the ExhibitionGrounds, boat races between the French and American crews, inwhich honors were fairly even, and, as a grand climax, a superbVenetian fete in the harbor, in which the American ships werefairly outdone by the brilliancy and originality displayed in theillumination of the French ships, which were most elaborate andunique in design. Ever
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