. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . ore us, lies the scene of that nowfamous encounter, Uncle Tom replied—the onlyincident of the Civil War, by the way, he continued,that Congress allows a place on the walls of theCapitol. There you saw, when you were in Wash-ington, you remember, the picture of the fight be-tween the Mcrrimac and the Monitor; not becauseit was a Northern victory,— for, indeed, it was reallybut a drawn battle,— but because that memorablesea-fight marked a new era in naval history, andmade a new starting-point fo
. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . ore us, lies the scene of that nowfamous encounter, Uncle Tom replied—the onlyincident of the Civil War, by the way, he continued,that Congress allows a place on the walls of theCapitol. There you saw, when you were in Wash-ington, you remember, the picture of the fight be-tween the Mcrrimac and the Monitor; not becauseit was a Northern victory,— for, indeed, it was reallybut a drawn battle,— but because that memorablesea-fight marked a new era in naval history, andmade a new starting-point for the navies of theworld. Just now, gentlemen and ladies, you aresailing over an historic point. For here was thebeginning of the formidable modern navy, in whichyonder great White Squadron has so prominent aplace. Mighty interesting piece of water this, is nt it? said Jack, voicing the general opinion of the crowd. But Roger, with thoughts of Plymouth Rock andFort Warren in mind, was inclined to enter a quali-fication. Thats only because Uncle Tom makes it so, AT THE GATEWAY OF THE WEST 89. MAP OF HAMPTON Ihe battleground of the Monitor and Merritnac. he declared. Is it any more his-toric than an) other big harbor,Uncle Tom ? Not any more so, but fully as historic, Roger, Uncle Tom fact, the great bays on our Atlantic coast-line have all been, since discov-ery, gateways to the West, and through their open portals have ceaselesslycome the makers of America—peculiar people all. Into MassachusettsBay sailed Pilgrim and Puritan ; into New York Bay, Dutchman and Wal-loon ; into Delaware Bay, Swede and Quaker; into Chesapeake Bay, Cava-lier, Churchman, and Catholic; and into the Carolina sounds, Scotchman andGerman. All of these, in their way, made each great water-gate historic, asthrough privation and pluck they became colonists, Englishmen, at first the elements were all singularly diverse. We need to remem-ber, when we grumble about
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