Tag: Military
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Rebel Batteries and Union Forts: Defending Hampton Roads
Friday, February 16, 2024 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Join us for a Monitor presentation with historian John V. Quarstein, director emeritus of the USS Monitor Center, as he talks about how fortifications like Fort Monroe would serve as the base for all significant Union amphibious operations during the Civil War.
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Ramming Speed: Reintroduction of the Ram as a Naval Offensive Weapon
Friday, February 2, 2024 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Join us for a Monitor presentation with historian John V. Quarstein, director emeritus of the USS Monitor Center, as he talks about reintroducing the Ram as a Naval offensive weapon.
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Catesby ap Roger Jones
Friday, January 19, 2024 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Join us for a Monitor presentation with historian John V. Quarstein, director emeritus of the USS Monitor Center, as he talks about Commander Catesbh ap Roger Jones.
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Failed Monitors
Friday, December 15, 2023 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
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USS Fulton I & II
Friday, December 8, 2023 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Join us at The Mariners' for a newly created series, USS Monitor Legacy Program, that highlights the history and lasting impact of USS Monitor through a variety of public events in partnership with the NOAA Monitor National Marine Sanctuary.
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The South’s First Ironclad
Friday, November 17, 2023 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Hear about CSS Manassas and how it led to the establishment of the US Navy’s Ironclad Board.
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USS Monitor’s Refit at Washington Navy Yard
Friday, November 3, 2023 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
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Stevens’s Battery
Friday, October 20, 2023 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
USRMS Naugatuck, fought with USS Monitor during the Battle of Drewry’s Bluff on May 15, 1862, and then decommissioned.
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New Navy Monitors
Friday, September 29, 2023 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Join us for a Monitor presentation with historian John V. Quarstein, director emeritus of the USS Monitor Center, as he presents about the US Navy’s attempt to modernize and build new classes of monitors.