San Francisco, CA
July 20, 2018
Who am I? Why am I here?
– Admiral James Stockdale, 1992 Vice Presidential Debate
The ship left New York Harbor in January 1846, rounded the Horn, paused at the Sandwich Islands to arm it’s cargo of Latter Day Saints, and set off to conquer the Mexican pueblo of Yerba Buena.
The Brooklyn passed thru the Golden Gate and sailed …