Korean War Veterans Association 2013 Convention and Annual Membership Meeting
Please visit the Korean War Veterans Association website for more information: http://www.kwva.org/
Please visit the Korean War Veterans Association website for more information: http://www.kwva.org/
National Science Foundation veteran and historian Guy Guthridge will take you inside the exploits of the Richard Byrd Library's namesake, aviator and explorer Richard Byrd and his lasting impact on Antarctic research today. Open to guests 14 and older. Reservations required, please call the library at 703-451-8055 or register online at http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/
The Battleship’s Legacy Series as part of the 2nd Saturday programs continues in the month of August. Carolina Living History Guild members will set up displays that highlight the history of the USS North Carolina and the CSS North Carolina during the American Civil War. Displays will include steam engineering, ironclad ship construction, navigation, small
Battleship 101 visitors engage with ship volunteers stationed throughout the ship as they create dialogue on specific subjects relative to daily shipboard life including gunnery, radar, sickbay, galley and engineering areas. A unique opportunity to talk one on one of what life was like aboard a World War II Battleship in the time of combat.
Dr. Joel Christenson, recipient of the Naval History and Heritage Command's 2011 Rear Admiral John D. Hayes Pre-Doctoral Fellowship in U.S. Navy History, will examine the considerable role naval power played in United States foreign relations with Latin American during the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, as Washington abandoned armed interventionism and began pursuing the policy
As part of the United States Navy Memorial’s “Authors on Deck” book lecture series, author Lee A. Craig will present his latest work, Josephus Daniels: His Life & Times (University of North Carolina Press, 2013). Craig, an expert on economic history, delves into Daniels's extensive archive to inform this nuanced and eminently readable biography, following
For more information visit: Perry Group at http://www.battleoflakeerie-bicentennial.com/howtogetonboard.php Perry’s Victory & International Peace Memorial at http://www.nps.gov/pevi/planyourvisit/special-events.htm