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Patriots Point Development Authority Selects Larry Murray To Serve As Executive Director
Posted: May 28, 2019The Patriots Point Development Authority (PPDA) has selected Larry Murray as executive director of the state agency. Murray will succeed Mac Burdette who has served as executive director of PPDA […]
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Patriots Point Development Authority’s Executive Director To Retire June 30
Posted: Jan 16, 2019Patriots Point Development Authority (PPDA) announced today that executive director Mac Burdette will retire effective June 30, 2019. The state agency’s Board of Directors has formed a committee to immediately […]
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Hundreds Attend Pearl Harbor Memorial Service Aboard Yorktown
Posted: Dec 10, 2018More than 400 people attended the Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum Pearl Harbor Day Memorial Service on Friday, Dec. 7 aboard the USS Yorktown. The service, organized together with […]
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400 Nuke School Sailors Volunteer During Day of Caring
Posted: Nov 30, 2018On Friday, Nov. 16, more than 400 sailors from the Naval Nuclear Power Training Unit (NPTU) at Joint Base Charleston will volunteered at Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum as […]
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Bestselling Author Patrick O’Donnell To Discuss Untold Story Behind The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier During Free Patriots Point Event Commemorating WWI
Posted: Oct 25, 2018Combat historian and bestselling author Patrick O’Donnell will discuss his latest book “The Unknowns: The Untold Story of America’s Unknown Soldier and WWI’s Most Decorated Soldiers Who Brought Him Home,” […]
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Unharmed By Florence, Patriots Point To Reopen Tuesday, Sept 18
Posted: Sep 17, 2018Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum was unharmed by Hurricane Florence and will reopen to visitors Tuesday, Sept 18. All overnight camping, education and event rentals will also resume on […]
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AT&T Donates $5K To Bring Underserved Students To Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum
Posted: Aug 23, 2018Patriots Point Naval & Maritime museum announces a $5,000 donation from AT&T to the USS Yorktown Foundation for scholarships to provide underserved students with opportunities to experience STEM-based educational programs […]
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Patriots Point Invites Community to Welcome WWII Veteran Back Aboard USS Laffey
Posted: Jul 03, 2018Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum invites the community to join them Friday, July 6 at 9:30 a.m. as museum staff and the U.S. Navy welcome a World War II […]
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TICKETS ON SALE NOW FOR “BEHIND THE LINES”
Posted: Apr 19, 2018Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum, acclaimed Broadway stage directors, Brad and Jennifer Moranz, and Andrew Carroll, New York Times bestselling author, have announced a second showing of their highly […]
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Patriots Point to Host Memorial Ceremony For 25 South Carolinians Killed in the Attack on Pearl Harbor
Posted: Nov 28, 2017The 25 known South Carolinians who were killed during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor will be honored during a free remembrance ceremony at Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum […]