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.”

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.

Spend an action-packed day with us as we commemorate the 161st anniversary of the Battle of Hampton Roads, and experience how today’s cutting-edge technology helps bring stories of the iconic USS Monitor and its artifacts to life.

Join us for a lecture with author and historian John V. Quarstein, director emeritus of the USS Monitor Center. Quarstein will give a presentation on the Confederacy's strategy to build ironclads in order to combat the superior Union navy.