American Thinker
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On September 4, 1804 , Richard Somers and twelve others sailed the Intrepid , a small ship packed with explosives, into the harbor of Tripoli in North Africa .
Their plan was to light the fuse, escape with rowboats, and then watch their fireship destroy enemy warships that were anchored there.
But their courage inspired our first Marines to go to the shores of Tripoli ” and continue the fight.
This story was once told in schools and told in popular books and plays throughout America , but it is now cancelled and forgotten.
Most Quakers were energetic and creative.
Besides farming and fishing, James Somers , an uncle of Richard , built a dam across Patcong Creek to power his lumber and flour mills.
Others heated mud from nearby swamps to refine bog iron” for nails, pots, pans, and tools.
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