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Oak Trees, Wine, Whiskey, & the French Navy

Posted on November 12, 2020 by Rick SpilmanNovember 12, 2020

We recently posted about Constitution Grove, a 50,000-acre private forest maintained by the US Navy, in part to provide white oak trees used in maintaining the USS Constitution, the oldest commissioned naval vessel still afloat. The forest is part of … Continue reading →

Posted in Current, History, Lore of the Sea | Tagged barrels, Colbert, Constitution Grove, France, oak, white oak
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