Braynard OpSail

Frank Osborn Braynard (1916-2007) is well-known for achieving “Op Sail76,” the parade of tall ships and naval vessels that filled New York Harbor in celebration of our nation’s Bicentennial. Braynard…

Read More
author

Nathaniel Philbrick was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he attended Linden Elementary School and Taylor Allderdice High School.  He earned a BA in English…

Read More
William H. White

Having finished 7 books on the War of 1812 and the Barbary Wars (6 historical fiction and 1 non-fiction), as well as 2 volumes of historical fiction about the British…

Read More
William Thiesen

Dr. William Thiesen serves as Atlantic Area Historian for the United States Coast Guard. He earned an M.A. from East Carolina University’s Program in Maritime History and a Ph.D. from…

Read More

In 2018, VADM Peter H. Daly, USN (Ret.) was awarded with the NMHS Distinguished Service Award at the Annual Awards Dinner. We recognized his many accomplishments in the evening’s awards…

Read More