Battle of Hampton Roads Weekend

March 5, 2011 - 5:00am - 12:00pm

Time:

10:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M.

Location:

Mariners' Museum

100 Museum Drive,

Newport News, VA 23606

Phone: (757) 596-2222

Fax: (757) 591-7320

Join The Mariners’ Museum, The Museum of the Confederacy, and NOAA’s Monitor National Marine Sanctuary in our observance of the 149^th anniversary of the Battle of Hampton Roads between the Union ironclad USS Monitor and the Confederate ironclad CSS Virginia.

Speakers include:

Professor Howard Jones, University of Alabama
Dr. William S. Dudley, Former Director of the Naval Historical Center
Anna Holloway, Vice President of Collections and Programs at The Mariners’ Museum, Curator of the USS Monitor Center.
Dr. Robert Browning, Chief Historian of the US Coast Guard
NOAA and Mariners’ staff will also present informative lectures and conduct behind-the-scenes tours of the award-winning USS Monitor Center.
Living history demonstrations Music and children’s activities
The first ever Ironclad Chef Competition round out the day!

Special Civil War Sesquicentennial programming includes a focus on Commerce Raiders and the Blockade.

Contact Wisteria Perry at wperry@MarinersMuseum.org or 757-591-7744 for more information

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