Andy Hall
@maritimetexas.bsky.social
Maritime, naval, and military history guy, occasional author. Texas Marine Archaeological Steward. Iconoclastic tendencies. Opinions mine, not my employer's.
My next big purchase:
November 16, 2025 at 6:14 PM
My next big purchase:
Excited to come home this evening to find authors’ copies of the new winter 2025 issue of The Civil War Monitor with my and Tom Oertling’s article, “Ericsson’s Other Folly,” about the obstruction-clearing rafts he designed for the April 1863 attack on Charleston.
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#AmericanCivilWar
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November 13, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Excited to come home this evening to find authors’ copies of the new winter 2025 issue of The Civil War Monitor with my and Tom Oertling’s article, “Ericsson’s Other Folly,” about the obstruction-clearing rafts he designed for the April 1863 attack on Charleston.
#NavalHistory
#AmericanCivilWar
#NavalHistory
#AmericanCivilWar
He would name his horse a Consul, but he famously doesn’t have pets.
November 13, 2025 at 2:20 PM
He would name his horse a Consul, but he famously doesn’t have pets.
They’ll be issued right after those $5,000 DOGE Dividend checks.
November 12, 2025 at 4:18 AM
They’ll be issued right after those $5,000 DOGE Dividend checks.
Happy 250 Birthday to the U.S. Marine Corps, the only military service founded in a bar (although I have my suspicions about Space Force).
"The First Recruits, December 1775," by Col. Charles R. Waterhouse, USMCR (Ret.).
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"The First Recruits, December 1775," by Col. Charles R. Waterhouse, USMCR (Ret.).
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#MarineCorps
November 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Happy 250 Birthday to the U.S. Marine Corps, the only military service founded in a bar (although I have my suspicions about Space Force).
"The First Recruits, December 1775," by Col. Charles R. Waterhouse, USMCR (Ret.).
#NavalHistory
#MarineCorps
"The First Recruits, December 1775," by Col. Charles R. Waterhouse, USMCR (Ret.).
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#MarineCorps
Tonight's historic Galveston photo is of an unidentified woman and her dog on the beach at Galveston in 1936. The automobile carries a 1935 Nebraska license plate and sister, that's a LONG drive!
Rosenberg Library G_51_FF001_002
Rosenberg Library G_51_FF001_002
November 7, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Tonight's historic Galveston photo is of an unidentified woman and her dog on the beach at Galveston in 1936. The automobile carries a 1935 Nebraska license plate and sister, that's a LONG drive!
Rosenberg Library G_51_FF001_002
Rosenberg Library G_51_FF001_002
I guess he’s feeling better. Is he back to dressing like a rodeo clown?
November 5, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I guess he’s feeling better. Is he back to dressing like a rodeo clown?
“He got my vote when my in-laws threatened to leave the city if he won.”
November 3, 2025 at 11:43 PM
“He got my vote when my in-laws threatened to leave the city if he won.”
Free Public Presentation on the CITY OF WACO steamship disaster, 10:30 a.m. Saturday, November 8, 2025 in the McCollough Room ay Rosenberg Library in Galveston, Texas.
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November 2, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Free Public Presentation on the CITY OF WACO steamship disaster, 10:30 a.m. Saturday, November 8, 2025 in the McCollough Room ay Rosenberg Library in Galveston, Texas.
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#MaritimeHistory
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#MaritimeHistory
Tonight's waxing gibbous Halloween moon, 31 October 2025. No edits.
November 1, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Tonight's waxing gibbous Halloween moon, 31 October 2025. No edits.
The guy who insists he's cutting drug prices by up to "a thousand percent" takes credit for a Nobel Prize in Physics.
October 30, 2025 at 11:34 PM
The guy who insists he's cutting drug prices by up to "a thousand percent" takes credit for a Nobel Prize in Physics.
[sizzling noises]
October 28, 2025 at 12:12 AM
[sizzling noises]
“I didn't get a harrumph outta that guy!”
October 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM
“I didn't get a harrumph outta that guy!”
My next big purchase.
October 26, 2025 at 1:44 AM
My next big purchase.
Dorothy Fontana finds this extremely amusing.
October 26, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Dorothy Fontana finds this extremely amusing.