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NMHS Seminar Series:
The Sullivans: Family Insights and the Ships that Bear the Name
Register Here for the 9 January 2025 Seminar Series Live Zoom Event
Welcome & Lecture at 7:00 PM ET, Q&A to Follow
Seminars are free to attend, although we hope you will support the Series with a suggested $10 Seminar Guest donation.
The Sullivan family of Waterloo, Iowa, suffered one of the greatest losses in American military history. The tragic deaths of the five brothers, aged 20 to 27, made national headlines and became a rallying cry for the nation during World War II. USS The Sullivans, homeported in Buffalo, NY, honored their memory through her service in World War II and the Cold War. This legacy continues today with DDG-68, USS The Sullivans, commissioned in 1997.
Join us on Thursday, 9 January, as Shane Stephenson presents “The Sullivans: Family Insights and the Ships That Bear the Name.” This seminar will explore the lives of the Sullivan brothers, their family, and the service of the ships named in their honor. In addition, Shane will discuss the devastating sinking of USS The Sullivans in April 2022, her recovery, and the plans to preserve her for the next 80 years.
About the Speaker
Shane Stephenson working aboard USS The Sullivans, performing maintenance on a fuel oil tank.
Shane is the director of museum collections at the Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park, a position he has held for 6 years. Prior to working on the ships, he spent five years working in the research library at the Buffalo History Museum helping researchers locate historical documents and photographs.
He has published three books of historic photographs, the most recent of which highlights the crews, ships, and servicemen and women from western New York. He was the 2023 recipient of the Henry A. Vadnais Award for Curatorial Excellence from the Historic Naval Ship Association and is proud of the work he did to preserve hundreds of artifacts when USS The Sullivans sank in April 2022. He is currently the president of the Board of Trustees for the Buffalo Presidential Center, a museum that highlights Buffalo’s unique ties to the office of the US president and national affairs.
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