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150th ANNIVERSARY LAUNCH OF THE USS MONITOR GREENPOINT, BROOKLYN
Saturday, January 28, 2012 (All day)

A. HISTORY FAIR - FREE FOR ALL

10:00AM - 3:30 PM

Speakers, Displays, Presentations

CAPITAL ONE BANK
(FORMER GREENPOINT SAVINGS BANK)
807 Manhattan Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11222
 

B. ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES AT:
CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION
 127 Kent St., Brooklyn, NY 1122
Suggested contribution to Church at Door:  $10.00

WINE & CHEESE

6:00 PM  -  7:00 PM

CIVIL WAR CONCERT 
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM 

For additional information:

A Kayaker's Journey Along the Hudson
Saturday, January 28, 2012 - 7:00pm
Beczak Environmental Education Center

Award-winning outdoor adventure writer Susan Fox Rogers shares her exhilaration of discovering the Hudson River by kayak in A Kayakers Journey Along the Hudson.

This 'Rivertalks' presentation is Saturday, January 28, 7:00 PM, $10 / $5 for teachers, students, seniors and members of paddling clubs. 

When Susan Fox Rogers moved to the Hudson River village of Tivoli ten years ago to teach writing at Bard College, she purchased a kayak to enjoy the outdoors. It turned into a love affair with the Hudson, one that she shares in A Kayaker’s Journey Along the Hudson.

150th ANNIVERSARY LAUNCH OF THE USS MONITOR GREENPOINT, BROOKLYN Day 2
Sunday, January 29, 2012 - 10:00am

 

At Location A:

CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION
127 Kent St.
Brooklyn
New York 11222

GREENPOINT MONITOR MUSEUM LAND AT LAUNCH
SITE OF THE USS MONITOR

Quay St. entrance to Bushwick Inlet
Brooklyn, New York 1122

Memorial Service - 10:00 AM
Church of the Ascension 
In Memory of the USS Monitor, Thomas F. Rowland and her builders,her crew and John Ericsson, her designer. 

Followed by coffee, cake and Parade Assembly.

150th ANNIVERSARY LAUNCH OF THE USS MONITOR GREENPOINT, BROOKLYN Day 3
Monday, January 30, 2012 - 9:00am

 

Wreath Laying Ceremony at USS Monitor Statue in Msgr. McGolrick Park
Followed by “USS Monitor Civil War Bus Tour”

Day's events:

9:00 AM Msgr. McGolrick Park-USS MONITOR STATUE(1938 Antonio de Filippo)-Wreath Laying Ceremony

FOLLOWED BY USS MONITOR CIVIL WAR BUS TOUR - BOX LUNCH INCLUDED - $20.00

1. USS MONITOR LAUNCH SITE (Land Donated by Motiva Enterprises to The Greenpoint Monitor Museum)

2. BUILDING 92 Center & DRY DOCK #1 - Brooklyn Navy Yard -where USS Monitor was Commissioned

Sebago Canoe Club: Pool kayak instructions program for 2012 - Rescues & Recoveries
Saturday, February 4, 2012 - 8:00pm

Following received from Walter of the Sebago Canoe club:

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Hi All:

The Sebago Canoe Club's representative, Walter, is holding the following classes at the Flushing Meadow Aquatic Center in addition to our Sunday morning open pool sessions. Sebago is a non-profit 501c group.

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