Tag: Technology
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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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BEYOND THE FRAME: To New Beginnings
This is a story of culmination, of endings that are new beginnings. In this extra special episode of Beyond the Frame, we explore the story of the 613-foot passenger Liner, S.S. Virginia, and the dedicated shipbuilders who, for over a century, made these feats of engineering a reality.
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Deserting USS Monitor
Friday, September 8, 2023 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
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What Happened to All the Civil War Ironclads?
Friday, August 4, 2023 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
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2023 Battle of Hampton Roads Commemoration
On Saturday, March 11, we hosted our annual Battle of Hampton Roads Commemoration and our community showed up!! Our galleries were buzzing with excitement and curiosity, and we couldn't be more grateful for this time spent with YOU - our Mariners' family.
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Underwater footage of USS Monitor’s shipwreck
The entrancing beauty surrounding the wreck site, just off the coast of North Carolina, lies in the notion that it's not just history buried there; instead, Monitor lives again, contributing to a vibrant marine ecosystem, a place that many aquatic species call home.
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Lt. John Mercer Brooke
Friday, June 23, 2023 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
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Laird Brothers’ Rams
Friday, June 9, 2023 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
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Wayfinding: How Humans Navigate the World
Thursday, September 21, 2023 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Join us for an enlightening evening with Maura R. O’Connor, who traveled the world to interview master navigators trying to preserve the use of environmental cues in this age of GPS.
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The Mariners’ MilKids Fest
Sunday, April 16, 2023 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Join us in celebrating all the things that make military children special, and help us bring awareness to the support and resources they need to thrive as ambassadors and mariners.