- Event:
- 150th Anniversary – Launch of USS MONITOR
- Start:
- January 28, 2012
- End:
- January 30, 2012
- Category:
- Commemoration
- Organizer:
- Updated:
- January 9, 2012
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Address:
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Brooklyn, NY, United States
USS Monitor (1862) Line engraving published in Harper's Weekly, September 1862, page 433, depicting the launching of the ship at the Continental Iron Works, Greenpoint, New York, on 30 January 1862. It seems unlikely that Monitor was launched with her heavy armored turret, pilothouse and other fittings already installed. (NH 604)
“A National Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War Sesquicentennial Signature Event”
SATURDAY – JANUARY 28, 2012
HISTORY FAIR – CAPITAL ONE BANK – 807 Manhattan Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11222
CONCERT – WINE AND CHEESE – CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION – 127 Kent St.,
Brooklyn, NY 11222
SUNDAY – JANUARY 29, 2012
MEMORIAL SERVICE/COFFEE/CAKE – CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION
PARADE FROM CHURCH TO USS MONITOR LAUNCH SITE:
CEREMONY – LAUNCH SITE OF USS MONITOR – Quay St. entrance/Bushwick Inlet
RECEPTION – GRAND PROSPECT HALL – 263 Prospect Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11215
MONDAY – JANUARY 30, 2012
WREATH LAYING CEREMONY – McGOLRICK PARK
USS MONITOR CIVIL WAR BUS TOUR INCLUDING BOX LUNCH
Contact and RSVP:
George J. Weinmann, Commander, Oliver Tilden Camp No. 26, SUVCW – 917-832-9999
or Janice Lauletta-Weinmann, President, The Greenpoint Monitor Museum – 718-383-2637
For more information, including a full agenda and RSVP details please download this this flyer.
