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During The War of 1812, the British blockage of Long Island Sound nearly crippled the livelihood of those dependent upon trade. Despite this, when a young British sailor was killed during a skirmish in Stonington Harbor, the townspeople buried the sailor with full military honors. 

Days later, the British attacked the town in what would be known as The Battle of Stonington. The British attacked with four warships containing  160 cannon and 1,200+ men, including the rocket ship Terror. They were repelled by a total of 26 men with three cannon. 

I have spent much of my adult life building ballistic missile submarines and working in a maximum security prison. Adhering to strict protocols and procedures, there was little room for self-expression or creativity. As a result, these somber careers left me yearning for a sense of inner-peace and security. Perhaps as a simple means of survival, I began to seek out the beauty within my everyday surroundings. A simple drive into town soon became a distraction-filled adventure. I began to take notice of the overlooked and the small. This sense of adventure quickly turned into a passion. I found myself thinking, “If only I had a picture of that...” It was at that moment my photographic odyssey began. After several years of trial and error, I...