- ship)
performing a
similar function. A
picket guarding a
fixed position may be
known as a
sentry or
guard.
Picket (Fr. piquet, a
pointed stake or peg, from...
-
originally titled "The
Picket Guard," is an 1861 poem by
American writer Ethel Lynn Beers. The poem was
first published as "The
Picket Guard" in the Harper's...
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Picket Guard Peak is a 12,302-foot-elevation (3,750 meter)
mountain summit located west of the
crest of the
Sierra Nevada mountain range in
Tulare County...
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Harindran Nair, an
Indian soldier, is ****igned to
guard an
isolated Indian border post
called Picket 43 in Kashmir.
Known to be a high-risk area, Harindran...
- "36–Foot
Picket Boat (Open–****pit and Double–Cabin)" (PDF).
United States Coast Guard.
Retrieved December 28, 2015. Tim Dring. "Cabin
Picket Boat (38ft...
-
immediate predecessor to the
organized Minuteman concept colony-wide was the
Picket Guard, a
concept of a
rapid responder that
never came to
fruition because the...
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appeared in Harper's W****ly on
November 30, 1861,
under the
title "The
Picket Guard". Her
poems —
including other notable works like "Weighing the Baby"...
- The
United States Coast Guard wooden-hulled 36-foot
picket boats were
built during Prohibition to help
interdict alcohol smugglers ("rum runners"). After...
- pro-Confederate
Missouri State Guard in Lexington,
county seat of
Lafayette County, Missouri. The
victory won by the
Missouri Guard bolstered the considerable...
- to
retreat it
would be
impossible to
carry anything with us. A
strong picket guard on all day and night.” On
April 14
Watson wrote, “No sign of the enemy...
