myPics: Pilgrim Monument

myPics: Don't Tread on Me

I am a little bit of a vexillogist. The current naval jack is apocryphally based on the first Union Jack of the United States. Reintroduced in September 11, 2002 on all navy ships in support of the War on Terrorism, the USS Constitution has been flying this jack since the 1980 as the ship's privilege since she is the oldest active ship in the navy. This photo comes from the deck of Old Ironsides.

In a honor of our Independence Day, I posted this photo on facebook.  I took it while I was in Boston this April for the Marathon. However, the picture of the naval jack is altered.  The wind was blowing in the opposition direction and I actually got the text in reverse.  I didn't think that anyone would mind if I flipped the photo in order to show off the text originally from the Gadsden flag. So below I posted the original photo, untouched.

Happy Independence Day.

myPics: Faneuil Hall

I was in Boston last weekend for the Marathon.  I was planning on watching my cousin run; yet due to the heat conditions, he was able to defer until 2013.  In the meantime, we took our other cousin who had never been to Beantown on a bit of a tourist run. During our stop in Faneuil Hall, I snapped a shot of the staircase.