# Celebrating Washington's Birthday -- a Brief Look Back at Washington's Navy **URL:** \ **Category:** Maritime History\ **Created:** [February 23, 2024, 11:53am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/celebrating-washingtons-birthday-a-brief-look-back-at-washingtons-navy/68572 "2024-02-23T11:53:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kennebec\_Captain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/kennebec_captain/32/13_2.png) [@Kennebec\_Captain](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Kennebec_Captain)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2024, 11:53am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/celebrating-washingtons-birthday-a-brief-look-back-at-washingtons-navy/68572/1 "2024-02-23T11:53:45Z")
> **[Celebrating Washington's Birthday -- a Brief Look Back at Washington's Navy](https://www.oldsaltblog.com/2024/02/celebrating-washingtons-birthday-a-brief-look-back-at-washingtons-navy/)** > > Happy Washington’s birthday, or close to Washington’s birthday, at any rate. Since 1879, the third Monday in February has been celebrated as a federal holiday in the United States in honor of the Founding Father George Washington, who led... From the article: > To learn more of “Admiral” Washington’s navy, I can recommend James Nelson’s [George Washington’s Secret Navy – How the American Revolution Went to Sea](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0071493891/ref=as_li_ss_tl?tag=gcaptaincom-20) I had forgotten I already had this book on my bookshelf, I’ve started reading it - it’s very good, especially for anyone interested in American history. I bought the book after meeting the author. Might be a photo of author James Nelson in one of the photos in this thread. [Steel Gaff Topsail Yawl Must Roos](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/steel-gaff-topsail-yawl-must-roos/58320) ---
**Author:** ![freighterman1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/freighterman1/32/11176_2.png) [@freighterman1](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/freighterman1)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2024, 1:24pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/celebrating-washingtons-birthday-a-brief-look-back-at-washingtons-navy/68572/2 "2024-02-23T13:24:04Z")
Love visiting the gunboat Philadelphia in the Smithsonian. 😍 Amazing to think you can draw a direct line from her to USS Constitution in Boston to Abraham Lincoln today. ---
**Author:** ![Lee\_Shore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Lee\_Shore](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Lee_Shore)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2024, 1:32pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/celebrating-washingtons-birthday-a-brief-look-back-at-washingtons-navy/68572/3 "2024-02-23T13:32:36Z")
Just finished 'Washington’s Secret Navy". Good book. ---
**Author:** ![Kennebec\_Captain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/kennebec_captain/32/13_2.png) [@Kennebec\_Captain](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Kennebec_Captain)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2024, 1:58pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/celebrating-washingtons-birthday-a-brief-look-back-at-washingtons-navy/68572/4 "2024-02-23T13:58:40Z")
Yes, it is good. Just read about the grounding of the customs schooner [Gaspee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaspee_affair) during the chase of the packet Hannah. the author Nelson does a nice job there. I’d never heard of the Gaspee before. It was interesting how the relatively tame Boston Tea Party gets so much attention in comparison. ---
**Author:** ![Lee\_Shore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Lee\_Shore](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Lee_Shore)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2024, 4:57pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/celebrating-washingtons-birthday-a-brief-look-back-at-washingtons-navy/68572/5 "2024-02-23T16:57:09Z")
Washington’s ability to keep Congress in the dark about his ships for so long was interesting. So was reading again how Congress’s ways haven’t changed much. Interesting read for me at least, educated on the then enemy side in maritime Canada. It’s a great addition to the history I’ve read about the era. Without him, the revolution would have been crushed or at least very much delayed.