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Posts Tagged ‘aircraft carrier’
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Scrappy’s Back in Town
Posted: Jan 11, 2023Scrappy’s Return There’s a familiar face appearing around town again. Scrappy, the Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum mascot, is attending Cool Ray’s 30th birthday bash at Mascot Mania on […]
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FREE Showing of “Life in A Jar” Play on Holocaust Remembrance Day
Posted: Mar 14, 2019On May 2nd, Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum will be hosting a FREE showing of “Life in A Jar” play on Holocaust Remembrance Day. The play is centered around […]
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New Engine Room Experience Exhibit Opens on USS Yorktown
Posted: Mar 05, 2018In late February, Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum unveiled the first phase of the new Engine Room Experience aboard the USS Yorktown. The newly-renovated space uses the latest technology […]
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5 Reasons to Visit Patriots Point this Fall
Posted: Oct 06, 2015Whether you’re a first-time visitor or an annual member, there are so many reasons to visit Patriots Point. Here are our top five for fall: 1. More History Bang for […]
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Work continues on schedule for new Vietnam Experience exhibit
Posted: Oct 03, 2014Efforts to create a more inclusive and interactive Vietnam Experience exhibit are well underway at Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum. The new exhibit is on schedule to open in […]
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An American First – 18 January 1911
Posted: Jan 18, 2011On 18 January 1911, an American, Eugene Ely, successfully landed an aeroplane aboard the USS Pennsylvania anchored in San Francisco Bay. On this brisk January morning, at 11 AM Ely […]
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American aircraft carriers and the Suez Crisis 1956
Posted: Oct 29, 2010Whenever a crisis happens in the world, ever since World War II, our Presidents have probably asked as one of their first questions, “Where are our carriers?” On 29 October […]
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First landing on the Navy's first aircraft carrier!
Posted: Oct 26, 2010On 26 October 1922, Lieutenant Commander Godfrey de Chevalier, USN, flew his Aeromarine 39-B on to the flight deck of the United States Navy’s first aircraft carrier, USS Langley (CV-1), […]
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Cold week at Patriots Point, but spring around the corner!
Posted: Feb 06, 2009It has been a very cold, windy week here at Patriots Point. I don’t remember a couple of colder days in the past ten years (30’s daytime, 20’s at night), […]