South Carolina
Entered the Union as No. 8 on 23rd May 1788
Monument:
USS Yorktown at Mount Pleasant, Patriots Point
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21st Sept 2017 8:00 PM – 10:30 PM &
28th Sept 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM
A U.S. Navy aircraft carrier reflects the nation’s strong resolve to defend democracy.
Link to Switzerland
It was the U.S. Navy Lt. Don Walsh who navigated the research submarine „Trieste”
on 23rd January 1960 to the deepest point on
earth – 35,813 feet down, on the floor of
the Mariana Trench in the North Pacific Ocean. The second man on board was a Swiss oceanographer, Jacques Piccard, the creator
of „Trieste”.
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