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First Thursdays Seminar Series:
Frontline Archaeology in Ukraine
4 December 2025
Register to Attend >> Thursday, 4 December 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…
British Raid on Essex: Seminar with Jerry Roberts 14 February 2015
Join the National Maritime Historical Society for The British Raid on Essex: The Forgotten Battle of the War of 1812 with Author and Historian Jerry Roberts Saturday, 14 February 2015 Continental Breakfast is at 10:30 am. Presentation begins at 11:00 am….
SS United States Conservancy Announces Preliminary Agreement
The SS United States Conservancy (SSUSC) has announced that it has entered into a preliminary agreement in support of the redevelopment of SS United States. While few details are available at this time, the SSUSC issued a press release announcing…
Mayflower II in Mystic for the Winter
Plimoth Plantation’s Mayflower II, a 57-year-old replica of the ship that carried the Pilgrims to this continent, arrived in Mystic, CT, on Sunday, 14 December. Once the ship is settled in, Paul Haley of Capt. G.W. Full & Associates will…
Last Chance! CBMM Will be Closing Two Exhibits Soon
The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum has announced that it will be closing two exhibits: Push and Pull: Life on Chesapeake Bay Tugboats and Navigating Freedom: The War of 1812 on the Chesapeake. Both floors of the Steamboat Building, which currently…
Lafayette's Hermione Voyage 2015
In April 2015, a handcrafted replica of the Hermione, the 18th century frigate that brought the young Marquis de Lafayette with French troops back to General Washington, will set sail to the United States from Port des Barques, France—replicating a historic…
2014 10th Maritime Heritage Conference
The 10th Maritime Heritage Conference 17–21 September in Norfolk, Virginia, was a tremendous success. There is no substitute for the exchange of ideas among colleagues, the opportunity to hear about projects, successes and challenges of others in the many areas and…