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July 23, 2005
Why I Love the Dry Tortugas
And yes, for many reasons, this is likely to be the best picture you see of me on this site.
The view of Fort Jefferson--the place of incarceration of Dr. Samuel Mudd, unjustly railroaded into prison for setting John Wilkes Booth's leg and released after helping tend a yellow fever epidemic in the Fort. Certainly the acts of a traitorous coward.
What you can see without ever entering the water. (From the moat walk around the fort.)
Posted by Steven Riddle at July 23, 2005 4:16 PM