In May 2013 the 70th Anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic (BOA) will be commemorated with a series of events throughout the United Kingdom. The commemorations will be centred on three cities, London during 8-13 May, Londonderry between 10-12 May, and the culminating event in Liverpool from 24-27 May. Read more about the event
30 May - 2 Jun 2013 Norfolk , VA Contact: George Conery [email protected]
The Azalea Coast Amateur Radio Club will operate on board the Battleship North Carolina as one of 63 ships participating worldwide in the Museum Ships Weekend. On this annual event, HAM radio operators will communicate and transmit via voice using the ship’s original radio equipment. Two modern stations will be operating through the ship's original
What happens when you put the power of a rocket on the back of a wooden race car? This month, students will revisit the laws of motion, energy, and rocket science by creating their own C02 powered race car. Visit the Navy Museum online to learn more: http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/org8-1.htm
What happens when you put the power of a rocket on the back of a wooden race car? This month, students will revisit the laws of motion, energy, and rocket science by creating their own C02 powered race car. Visit the Navy Museum online to learn more: http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/org8-1.htm
Join U.S. Navy Museum curator Dr. Edward Furgol, FSA Scot, in the U.S. Navy Museum Battle of Midway exhibit as he details the events leading up to, during, and resulting from this pivotal naval battle. Visit the Navy Museum online to learn more: http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/org8-1.htm
In the June edition of the United States Navy Memorial’s “Authors on Deck” book lecture series, editor Thomas Hone will read from his latest compilation of stories, The Battle of Midway: The Naval Institute Guide to the U.S. Navy’s Greatest Victory (Naval Institute Press; June 2013). Using a wide variety of sources, including memoirs, articles
What happens when you put the power of a rocket on the back of a wooden race car? This month, students will revisit the laws of motion, energy, and rocket science by creating their own C02 powered race car. Visit the Navy Museum online to learn more: http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/org8-1.htm
What happens when you put the power of a rocket on the back of a wooden race car? This month, students will revisit the laws of motion, energy, and rocket science by creating their own C02 powered race car. Visit the Navy Museum online to learn more: http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/org8-1.htm
In June the Battleship North Carolina launches the annual 2nd Saturday series, part of the statewide NC Department of Cultural Resources programming. Enjoy their 2nd year of the Legacy Series: "Armored Cruiser North Carolina and the Great War." The auditorium will be filled. The second US ship named North Carolina, the ACR12 made naval aviation history
In June the Battleship launches the annual 2nd Saturday series, part of the statewide NC Department of Cultural Resources programming. During Battleship 101 visitors may enjoy talking to volunteers stationed throughout the ship ready to discuss daily shipboard life including gunnery, radar, sickbay, galley and engineering areas. The event presents a family friendly opportunity to
Reception and Behind-the-Scenes Tour led by Mr. William Koch Onsite parking available PLEASE RSVP: [email protected] by June 5, 2013 “Seas, Lakes & Bay: The Naval War Of 1812” brings together two prestigious collections of art, artifacts and ship models from the private collection of Mr. William I. Koch and the public collection of The Naval
To recognize and celebrate two centuries of peace between the U.S., Great Britain and Canada following the War of 1812, the U.S. Naval Academy will be home to an international academic conference including programs for the general public. An exhibit, featuring the iconic Don’t Give Up the Ship flag, the British Royal standard taken from
The exhibit Free Trade and Sailors' Rights: The War of 1812 and the Shaping of America will be on view at James Kochan Fine Art & Antiques, 218 North Market Street in historic Frederick, Maryland, opening on June 16th and closing September 1, 2013. Hours: 11-5 PM Friday-Sun or by appointment. A catalog of the
Daughan, a Harvard-trained historian who lives in Portland, Maine, examines how the young nation’s naval victories against the ships of the world’s largest imperial power helped establish America as a burgeoning power in the world. All lectures are open to the public. For more information call National Maritime Historical Society at 914-737-7878, ext. 0, or
With author Steve Vogel In a rousing account of one of the critical turning points in American history, Through the Perilous Fight tells the gripping story of the burning of Washington and the improbable last stand at Baltimore that helped save the nation and inspired its National Anthem. Visit the Navy Museum online to learn
NHF Board Member Andy Jampoler has a new book out—Congo: The Miserable Expeditions and Dreadful Death of Lt. Emory Taunt, USN published by Naval Institute Press and describing the 1885 solo journey by Lt. Taunt up the Congo River. Jampoler will be giving a talk on the book at the National Archives on June 20th,
Author Vice Admiral George Emery, USN (Ret) will talk about his book In Their Own Words: The Navy Fights the War of 1812. Following the lecture there will be a book signing. Visit the Graves Memorial Library online at: http://www.graveslibrary.org/
Author Andrew Jampoler will give an illustrated talk about his new book, Congo, the Miserable Expeditions and Dreadful Death of Lt. Emory Taunt, USN Sponsored by the Local History & Genealogy Reading Room, Humanities and Social Sciences Division Copies of Congo will be available for sale and signing Open to the Public—No tickets or reservations
Noted as Black Card Magazines favorite spots to watch fireworks and Coastal Living's 10 Spots to Celebrate the Fourth the Battleship North Carolina and the City of Wilmington present the 2013 17th Annual Battleship Blast Fireworks show sponsored by WECT TV-6 and 102.7 WGNI on Thursday, July 4, 2013. The spectacular is one you will