A Most Dangerous HurricaneColumbus was aware of dangerous weather indicators that were frequently a threat in the Caribbean during the summer months. Although the barometer had not yet been invented,...
From The Bridge by Captain Hank BrackerMundane HappeningsLife is just packed with Mundane Happenings! It’s the mundane happenings that usually take the most time and they always seem to interfere, jus...
Santiago de Cuba
From the Bridge by Captain Hank BrackerBehind The Exciting Story of CubaIt was on a rainy evening in January of 2013, after Captain Hank and his wife Ursula returned by ship from a cruise in the Medit...
Santiago de Cuba has the Antonio Maceo Airport (MUCU/SCU), which was home to the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces. Shown in the photo is a Cuban Mig 21 inside the VT-45 hanger. Santiago de Cuba had 12...
The M/S Saint Louis was a German passenger liner owned by the Hamburg-America Line. She was best known for her voyage in 1939, in which her Captain Gustav Schröder attempted to find homes for her pass...
In 1934, strongman Fulgencio Batista forced President Grau’s resignation. Then in 1940, Grau lost his bid for the Presidency to his adversary Batista. Four years later in 1944, he did win the election...
From the Bridge by Captain Hank BrackerPebbles, Rocks & MountainsRocks can be formed in many different ways and are found in just about every corner of our planet, the Moon, up in space and who knows...
I know that many people including our President insist that it be called the Christmas Season. I’ll be the first in line to say that it works for me however that’s not what it is. We hint at its comin...
On June 12, 1775 the Rhode Island Assembly commissioned armed ships to fight the British Navy. That Fall on October 13, 1775 the Second Continual Congress established the United States Navy marking th...
On September 28, 1870, after heavy bombardment, during the Siege of Strasbourg, the French were forced to surrender the heavily fortified fortress. The Municipal Library housed in the Dominican church...