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War of 1812 Bicentennial Conference Series, Part 1 – Origins and the War at Sea

Gregg Centre for the Study of War and Society at the University of New Brunswick St. John

The Gregg Centre for the Study of War and Society at the University of New Brunswick, in conjunction with the Canadian-American Centre at the University of Maine and the New Brunswick Museum, is pleased to announce the first in a series of three conferences/symposia in commemoration of the bicentennial of the War of 1812. This

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Home School at the Museum: Geodesic Domes!

National Museum of the United States Navy Washington Navy Yard, Washington

Home School at the Museum: Geodesic Domes! Students will learn the structure strength of domes and how the U.S. Navy SeaBees incorporated them into their projects. Family teams will build a 3 foot diameter geodesic dome out of straws and pipe cleaners…it is harder than it looks! Please RSVP for Home School at the Museum

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Lunchtime Lecture: Anita Sanchez, The Invasion of Sandy Bay

National Museum of the United States Navy Washington Navy Yard, Washington

Lunchtime lecture and book signing with Anita Sanchez A young boy plays a key role when the War of 1812 comes to his Massachusetts coastal fishing village. The little town of Sandy Bay, Massachusetts, was the site of one of the wildest invasions in U.S. history, when the might of the British Empire came up

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Fall for the Book at GMU: John Barry – Naval Hero

George Mason University, Johnson Center Cinema 4400 University Drive, Fairfax

Tim McGrath has written the definitive biography about the life of Commodore John Barry. A hero of the Revolutionary War, Barry is regarded as one of the founders of the United States Navy. Several US Navy destroyers have been named for him, to include an Arleigh Burke Class destroyer and the former destroyer on display

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