History of famous ships presented to Baxter Springs group
Edward Sweeney gave an informative talk about various historical ships to Chapter BT of P.E.O. at their recent meeting. Courtesy photo.
American history is wrought with stories of sailing ships. For example, the Star Spangled Banner, our National Anthem, was written aboard a sailing ship. The country’s first English settlers came from the 110 passengers of the Mayflower, a ship which also carried basis of our form of government, the Mayflower Compact.
Chapter BT of P.E.O. International in Baxter Springs had the pleasure of enjoying…