On June 18th, 1812, the President of the United States of America declared war on Great Britain in what is now known as the War of 1812. Nearly 2 months later, on August 6th, a private boat by the name of the “Saucy Jack” was launched off the coast of South Carolina and used to…
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Eastward Bound

In the year 1966, Star Trek debuted, gas was 32 cents per gallon (wouldn’t that be nice…), the Vietnam War (and accompanying protests) was in full swing, and a small crew of scientists was on an oceanography expedition off the coasts of South Carolina and Georgia, almost to Bermuda. This crew was made up of…
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