Sunday, September 28, 2014

Important anniversary in U.S. Navy

One hundred sixty-four years ago, Congress passed the Act of Sept. 28, 1850, 9 Stat. 513, which, in a 27-word proviso (at p. 515), abolished flogging in the U.S. Navy and merchant marine. The Hampton Roads Naval Museum has the story.

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