Why does sound travel faster underwater? Students will explore the nature of sound waves and how the U.S. Navy uses sound, especially underneath the water. Then students will participate in hands on activities dealing with sound waves. Home School at the Museum is currently full, to be placed on the waitlist, please call: (202) 433-4995
As part of the United States Navy Memorial’s “Authors on Deck” book lecture series, author Christopher Bell will present his latest work, Churchill and Sea Power (Oxford University Press, 2012). Bell addresses a surprisingly neglected aspect of Winston Churchill's career: his attitude to sea power. Churchill's relationship to the Royal Navy was closer and more
Join the Hampton Roads Naval Museum for the second annual Brick by Brick: LEGO Shipbuilding program! Make your ship in advance to enter the contest. All ships must be registered at Hampton Roads Naval Museum between 10am and 2pm on February 2. Visit the Hampton Roads Naval Museum website to learn more: http://www.history.navy.mil/museums/hrnm/index.html
SPACE IS LIMITED- PLEASE RESERVE YOUR SPOT: $10.00 per person Learn more here: http://thewarof1812symposium.weebly.com/ (843) 727-2165 http://oldexchange.org/ [email protected] Moderator- Dr. Don Hickey, The Citadel 8:30-9:00: Coffee and Introductory Remarks 9:00-9:45: Don Hickey (The Citadel): "Ten Things that Everyone Should Know About the War of 1812" 9:45-10:30: J.C.A. Stagg (University of Virginia): "A Needlessly Complicated Problem: Why
Families with children 5-12 are invited to join U.S. Navy Museum staff as they explain the history of the popular and unique art form, Sailor Valentines. Participants will then make their own Sailor Valentine to take home. For more information on the National Museum of the United States Navy: http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/org8-1.htm
Learn about and explore the Battleship North Carolina's 16-inch and 5-inch guns from the gun houses to the ammunition loading compartments; the 40mm and 20mm guns, and the weapons that they replaced (1.10 and 50 caliber guns). The finest guns are of little use without the means to direct their fire accurately at the target.
Ever wonder where that saying came from? This month, students will look at the different types of weather systems found over the ocean and how Sailors predict the weather (from early methods, such as the color of the sky, to modern technology). They will build their own barometers to test changing air pressure, and build
As part of the United States Navy Memorial’s “Authors on Deck” book lecture series in honor of Black History Month, author Bland Simpson will present his literary work, Two Captains from Carolina: Moses Grandy, John Newland Maffitt, and the Coming of the Civil War (University of North Carolina Press; September 2012). Two Captains from Carolina
Ever wonder where that saying came from? This month, students will look at the different types of weather systems found over the ocean and how Sailors predict the weather (from early methods, such as the color of the sky, to modern technology). They will build their own barometers to test changing air pressure, and build
As part of the United States Navy Memorial’s “Authors on Deck” book lecture series, former U.S. Navy SEAL trainer, star of the 2012 box-office hit Act of Valor and author Rorke Denver will present his first work, DAMN FEW: Making the Modern SEAL Warrior (Hyperion, February 2013). In his book, Denver speaks with unparalleled knowledge
Ever wonder where that saying came from? This month, students will look at the different types of weather systems found over the ocean and how Sailors predict the weather (from early methods, such as the color of the sky, to modern technology). They will build their own barometers to test changing air pressure, and build
The Maritime Committee of the Maryland Historical Society is co-sponsoring with the University of Baltimore a book-talk on Friday evening, February 22, 2013. The author is Professor Paul Gilje, whose new book is called Free Trade and Sailors' Rights in the War of 1812. To be published by the Cambridge University Press. Organizers expect the
Rear Admiral J. Robert Lunney NYNM (Ret.) will focus on the miraculous rescue, not generally known to the public, that he participated in while serving on board the S.S. Meredith Victory. In December 1950, aboard an American cargo ship with room for only 12 passengers, the crew performed an extraordinary rescue of 14,000 Korean men,
An Azalea Coast Amateur Radio Club Event The Azalea Coast Amateur Radio Club will operate from the Battleship North Carolina during the North Carolina QSO Party on Sunday, February 24, 2013. The event runs from Noon until 10:00PM local time. The purpose of this annual “HAM Radio” event is to allow amateur radio operators worldwide
Ever wonder where that saying came from? This month, students will look at the different types of weather systems found over the ocean and how Sailors predict the weather (from early methods, such as the color of the sky, to modern technology). They will build their own barometers to test changing air pressure, and build