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Posts Tagged ‘USS Yorktown CV-10’
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Letters from the Front Memorial Day Observance
Posted: May 21, 2014On May 26, 2014 Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum will observe Memorial Day with a special event titled: “Letters from the Front” USS YORKTOWN, Hangar Bay III 9:30 AM-10:30 […]
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Hundreds of SC Social Studies Teachers Hold Conference at Patriots Point
Posted: Sep 25, 2013More than 300 social studies teachers from around South Carolina will gather at Patriots Point this week for the South Carolina Council for the Social Studies annual fall conference. The […]
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Video Thursday: John Philip Sousa
Posted: Nov 03, 2011Next week on Veterans Day the Charleston Community Band will be performing at Patriots Point at 2 PM and I would not be surprised to hear some of the below […]
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The First Air Admiral
Posted: Oct 31, 2011Rear Admiral William Adger Moffett, The Father of Naval Aviation Today is the birthday of the naval officer who was able to foresee a powerful air arm of the United […]
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Carolina's First Ship With Colonists: Adventure
Posted: Aug 31, 2011Lots of sights can be seen from the flight deck of Yorktown at Patriots Point…dolphins, manatees, alligators, C-17’s, Blue Angels, the Hunley…but today a replica of the proprietary colony of […]
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Medal of Honor Museum at Patriots Point
Posted: Jul 27, 2011I touch the day, I taste the light, I remember – W. S. Merwin When the Medal of Honor Museum opened to the public in May of 2007, a new […]
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Video Thursday Air Expo Charleston 2011
Posted: Apr 07, 2011Today we’ll see videos that will pump us up for the Air Expo at Joint Base Charleston this Saturday. The Air Force Thunderbirds are our first video as we see […]
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What is a knot? Part II
Posted: Aug 23, 2010The use of the term knot goes back to the day of sailing ships. Sailors would toss over a “Dutch log” which had a line attached with knots tied into […]
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Bureau of Naval Aeronautics founded 1921
Posted: Aug 11, 2010Yesterday marked the 89th anniversary of the formation of the Bureau of Naval Aeronautics on 10 August 1921. Charlestonian Captain William Adger Moffett was nominated by President Harding to become […]
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Blue Angels wow scouts on Yorktown Saturday night!
Posted: Apr 21, 2010As the sun set Saturday, 17 April, on the Yorktown, the entire Blue Angels team (officer and enlisted) converged on Hangar Deck 3 to meet and greet our weekend campers! […]