A great piece of US history in the works

A few years ago I had the good fortune to see this fabulous project and can't wait to see the finished result which carries a lot of interesting history both for the US and for our oldest friend, France.

For a decade now, historians, architects, carpenters, boat builders, craftsmen and blacksmiths have lovingly — if slowly — sought to recreate the Hermione, the 145-foot, 32-gun, three-masted frigate that in 1780 carried a young French nobleman known as the Marquis de Lafayette on a 38-day voyage to Boston.

Lafayette had already made his reputation, fighting for the cause of American liberty alongside Gen. George Washington against the British. The mission this time was to bring word that King Louis XVI would send a half-dozen ships and 5,000 infantry soldiers to help the rebels.

Read on and check out the photos of this really fun project.