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Ch

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es P

oin

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ou

nci

l was

founded

in 1

992 u

nder

the

ausp

ices

of th

e N

atio

nal

Mar

itim

e H

isto

rica

l Soci

ety

at its

hea

dquar

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on C

har

les

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Pee

ksk

ill,

New

York

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issi

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rich

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reat

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mar

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gac

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ugh it

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cture

ser

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nnual

outr

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even

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les

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acti

vel

y e

ngag

ed in

pro

moti

ng o

ur

mar

itim

e her

itag

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pro

vid

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educa

tional

pro

gra

ms

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rese

rvin

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isto

ric

ship

s.

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ce it

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cepti

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aniz

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tori

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rtis

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to p

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mar

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f o

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area

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uch

pro

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clude

init

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ng th

e re

novat

ion o

f P

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ill’

s

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les

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t P

ark a

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he

rest

ora

tion o

f C

hin

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ren

amed

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isch

man

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aniz

ing the

only

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hip

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e H

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20

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bra

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rday,

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at P

ort

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he

Post

of

New

York

in W

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ar I

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dri

ck

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dso

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ree L

ibra

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18

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err

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ontr

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Y.

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ary

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ry R

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atu

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ith

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urs

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30

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ril

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tem

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IL

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MIT

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E:

Chai

r: D

avid

All

en

Eugen

e F

inger

Theo

dore

Fost

er

Cel

este

Goet

he

Burc

hen

al G

reen

Roy H

oll

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Bob M

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man

n

Ronal

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swal

d

John S

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ahan

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ol

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all

Jean

Wort

Cap

t. B

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Young

The

Nat

ional

Mar

itim

e H

isto

rica

l S

oci

ety’s

Char

les

Poin

t Counci

l invit

es th

e publi

c to

join

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mem

-ber

s fo

r a

seri

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f m

onth

ly l

ectu

res

and fi

eld

tri

ps

explo

ring o

ur

seaf

arin

g h

isto

ry:

30 J

an

uary

, Satu

rday,

10:3

0A

M—

“T

he

Gre

at P

ort

: T

he

Post

of

New

York

in

Worl

d W

ar

II” w

ith

Dr.

Jose

ph

F.

Mea

ny,

Jr.

, N

ew Y

ork

Sta

te H

isto

rian

E

mer

itu

s—H

end

rick

Hu

dso

n F

ree

Lib

rary

, Mon

-tr

ose

, N

Y. Jo

e M

eany w

ill

explo

re t

he

war

tim

e port

an

d s

ugges

t a

fram

ework

for

under

stan

din

g i

ts h

is-

tory

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e w

ill

tell

us

about

the

two i

nst

alla

tions

that

dom

inat

ed the

port

: th

e N

Y P

ort

of

Em

bar

kat

ion a

nd

the

Bro

okly

n N

avy Y

ard. W

e’ll

als

o le

arn m

ore

about

war

tim

e N

ew Y

ork

Cit

y, t

he

worl

d’s

most

popula

r li

ber

ty p

ort

.

27

Feb

ru

ary,

Sa

turd

ay,

10

:30

AM

—“

Ein

ste

in’s

L

ov

e o

f S

ail

ing

” w

ith

D

avid

All

en, H

um

an

itie

s P

rofe

ssor

at

SU

NY

Mari

-ti

me

Coll

ege—

Hen

dri

ck

Hu

dso

n F

ree L

ibra

ry,

Mo

ntr

ose

, N

Y.

Sail

ing

was

a p

assi

on

fo

r A

lber

t E

inst

ein. H

e le

arned

to s

ail

on L

ake

Zuri

ch in

Sw

itze

r-la

nd in

1896 a

nd c

onti

nued

sa

ilin

g f

or

over

50 y

ears

. O

ne

of

his

fav

ori

te b

oat

s w

as

a b

eat-

up

15

-fo

ote

r call

ed

Tin

ef —

mean

ing

“wort

hle

ss”

or “j

unk”.

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entl

y, s

tuden

ts fro

m S

UN

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Mar

itim

e C

oll

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hav

e bee

n t

rack

ing d

ow

n l

ost

or

mis

laid

his

tori

c m

arit

ime-

rela

ted

art

ifac

ts a

nd

are

on t

he

trai

l of

fi ndin

g A

lber

t E

inst

ein’s

Tin

ef.

This

pre

senta

tion w

ill

dis

cuss

and i

llust

rate

som

e of

the

innovat

ive

and s

om

etim

es u

nort

hodox m

ethods

use

d

to b

ring im

port

ant a

rtif

acts

bac

k in

to th

e publi

c re

alm

.

19 M

arc

h,

Satu

rday,

10:3

0A

M—

Scr

een

ing o

f th

e p

lay

La

fayett

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wit

h M

arc J

en

sen

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en

dric

k

Hu

dso

n F

ree L

ibra

ry,

Mo

ntr

ose

, N

Y.

Scr

een

ing

of

a p

lay

wo

ven

fro

m t

he

lett

ers

bet

wee

n G

ilb

ert

du

Mo

tier

Mar

qu

is d

e L

afay

ette

, “t

een

her

o”

of

the

Am

eric

an R

evolu

tion, a

nd h

is y

oung w

ife,

Adri

enne

de

Noai

lles

. T

he

tim

e: 1

777–1780.

Lafa

yett

e is

the

story

of

an e

ccen

tric

young m

an w

ho o

per

ated

agai

nst

fam

-

ily a

nd c

lass

to b

ecom

e th

e fi

rst

ally

of

the

up

star

t A

mer

ican

nat

ion. T

he

fi lm

is

foll

ow

ed b

y

com

men

tary

fro

m M

arc

Jense

n

about

the

exte

nsi

ve

pro

ject

of

bu

ild

ing

, o

utfi

tti

ng

, tr

ain

ing

a

crew

fo

r an

d s

aili

ng

th

e 1

8th

ce

ntu

ry f

rig

ate

Her

mio

ne

to

recr

eate

th

e v

oy

age

Laf

ayet

te

took i

n 1

780.

Mr.

Jen

sen,

an

exper

ience

d s

ailo

r w

ho w

ent

to s

ea a

boar

d H

erm

ion

e, w

ill

reco

un

t th

e c

hall

en

ges

of

crea

ting a

n a

uth

enti

c re

pro

duct

ion w

ith 1

5.5

mil

es o

f ri

ggin

g,

44 t

ons

of

ironw

ork

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80 s

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feet

of

linen

sa

il c

loth

and th

e nee

d f

or

27 m

illi

on d

oll

ars

in f

undin

g.

21

Ap

ril

, T

hu

rsd

ay,

6:0

0 P

M—

Na

tio

na

l M

arit

ime

Aw

ard

s D

inn

er, N

ati

on

al P

ress

Clu

b, W

ash

ingto

n, D

C.

30 A

pri

l, S

atu

rday,

1

0:3

0A

M—

“H

is-

tory

an

d M

issi

on

s o

f th

e N

ew

Yo

rk

N

aval M

ilit

ia” w

ith

M

ajo

r

Ge

ne

ra

l R

ob

er

t L

. W

olf

, N

YN

M

(Re

t.)—

He

nd

ric

k

Hu

d-

son

Fre

e L

ibra

ry,

Mon

trose

, N

Y. T

he

New

York

Nav

al M

ilit

ia w

as fi

rst

cr

eate

d i

n 1

889 a

nd w

as f

orm

ally

must

ered

into

Sta

te

serv

ice

as t

he

Fir

st B

atta

lion, N

aval

Res

erve

Art

ille

ry,

on 2

3 J

une

1891. A

fter

the

sinkin

g o

f th

e U

SS

Main

e,

the

NY

NM

sen

t fi

ve

div

isio

ns

of

its

1st B

atta

lion t

o

fi ght i

n th

e S

pan

ish-A

mer

ican

War

, and a

lso c

onduct

ed

pat

rols

of

New

York

Har

bor.

The

New

York

Nav

al M

i-li

tia

was

act

ivat

ed d

uri

ng b

oth

Worl

d W

ar I

and W

orl

d

War

II,

as

wel

l as

the

Kore

an W

ar. I

n this

pre

senta

tion,

Maj

or G

ener

al W

olf

, the

imm

edia

te p

ast C

om

man

der

of

the

New

York

Nav

al M

ilit

ia, w

ill ta

lk a

bout th

e his

tory

an

d m

issi

ons

of

the

unit

.

22-2

4 M

ay—

NM

HS

An

nu

al M

eeti

ng, N

ewp

ort

, RI.

18 J

un

e, S

atu

rday,

3–6

PM

—E

ven

ing S

tar

Cru

ise

on

th

e H

ud

son

wit

h S

cott

Cra

ven

. Join

the

Nat

ional

Mar

itim

e

His

tori

cal S

oci

ety a

nd th

e cr

ew o

f th

e E

venin

g S

tar

as w

e se

t sai

l fro

m P

eeksk

ill R

iver

front G

reen

for

a th

ree-

hour

cru

ise

on

th

e H

ud

son

Riv

er.

Enjo

y t

he

dra

mat

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eau

ty

and

ric

h h

isto

ry o

f th

e H

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Hig

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Hu

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ex

clu

siv

e H

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ited

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per

per

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$5

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in

clu

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ine,

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ft d

rin

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30 J

uly

, S

atu

rday,

10:0

0A

M—

An

dré

a D

ori

a S

urv

i-vors

2016 R

eun

ion

, ca

mp

us

of

the

Sta

te U

niv

ersi

ty

of

New

York

Mari

tim

e C

oll

ege

(to b

e co

nfi

rmed

).

Mar

k K

och

has

acq

uir

ed t

he

Dori

a’s

Lif

eboat

#1 a

nd

had

the

28-f

oot b

oat

res

tore

d to

new

qual

ity.

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would

be

del

ighte

d to

hav

e al

l wil

ling A

ndré

a D

ori

a S

urv

ivors

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w th

e li

feb

oat

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nto

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slan

d S

ound f

or

a sh

ort

ex

curs

ion

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he

bo

at h

old

s 5

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eop

le).

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cuss

ion

s w

ill

focu

s o

n t

he

rep

ercu

ssio

ns

of

the

acci

den

t, t

he

evolu

tion o

f li

feboat

tec

hnolo

gy,

and the

effe

cts

of

the

sinkin

g o

n t

he

trai

nin

g o

f m

erch

ant

mar

iner

s an

d o

n

the

evolu

tion o

f S

CU

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tec

hnolo

gy.

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