Car Harkins on Instagram: "⚓ The Birth of a Ship Launching a ship is a major milestone in shipbuilding—marking the vessel’s first time in the water. Large ships are launched in one of three ways: 🔹 Slipway – The ship slides down a ramp into the sea. 🔹 Float-Out – Built in a dry dock, then floated as water fills the basin. 🔹 Side Launch – Entering the water broadside, often in tight spaces. Before launch, ships are often christened—a sponsor breaks a champagne bottle on the bow and gives the s

History Photographed on Instagram: "In a memorable 1969 episode of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, Fred Rogers deliberately and subtly defied the racial segregation norms of the time by sharing a small wading pool with Officer Clemmons, one of the show's first recurring Black characters. ⁠ ⁠ The episode aired during a period of intense racial tension in the U.S., just one year after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., when many public swimming pools were still segregated and subject to unr