John L. Worden transferred from the US Naval Observatory to secure an active role in the Mexican War.

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.

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.

Join us for a Monitor presentation with historian John V. Quarstein, director emeritus of the USS Monitor Center, as he talks about the “father of American naval ordnance.”