Drake’s Island making the news back in 1848

Drake’s Island making the news back in 1848

An interesting article in the history of Drake’s Island appeared in the news back in 1848 about the Artillery nearly hitting civilian boats during live fire practice in the Sound. Target Buoys were towed out from the Island to the East of the Island and were...
DID YOU KNOW……..

DID YOU KNOW……..

That, in 1971 JFK Jr, the son of Jackie and John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the US President who was assassinated in 1963, stayed on the island for 2 weeks with his cousin?Jackie wanted his time on the Island to be as normal as possible. The Secret Service, who still...