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USS Genesee

USS Genesee

Naval strategy during the Civil War led to the construction of a large class of shallow-draft sidewheel steam gunboats. The USS Genesee, shown on the Mississippi at Baton Rouge in March 1863, was completed by the Navy Yard in about eight months in 1861-62. Sold after the war, the ship operated commercially as Hattie C. Besse.
 
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Lucy Stone  

Did You Know?
The request to reserve Faneuil Hall on December 16, 1873, identified the event as a celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party. In truth, Suffragette Lucy Stone held the first women's suffragette meeting in the "Cradle of Liberty." She surprised many with her real agenda that day.

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