“Don’t give up the ship” could mean: Stay in the boat. Even when the crew is imperfect. When the storms are fierce. When the pope and the president change. Don’t leap overboard. There’s safety and ...

I am pleased to contribute a foreword to Don’t Give Up the Ship!, Professor Donald Hickey’s study of the myths and misconceptions of the War of 1812.We are approaching the bicentennial of that ...

From 'Don't give up the ship' and 'Dreary Erie' to 'It's Okay to Love Erie,' slogans and nicknames mold a perception, positive and negative, of an evolving community.

The original “Dont give up the ship” flag, which does not have an apostrophe, is in the Naval Academy Museum. The phrase was Capt. James Lawrence’s last command on the USS Chesapeake during ...