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O W
E A
RE:
The
Ch
arl
es P
oin
t C
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
ters
on C
har
les
Poin
t in
Pee
ksk
ill,
New
York
. It
s m
issi
on i
s to
buil
d g
reat
er a
war
enes
s of
the
rich
sea
fari
ng
her
itag
e o
f th
e H
ud
son
Riv
er V
alle
y
and t
he
worl
d a
t la
rge,
and t
o c
reat
e a
const
ituen
cy t
o
advoca
te f
or
our
mar
itim
e le
gac
y.
Thro
ugh it
s m
onth
ly le
cture
ser
ies
and a
nnual
outr
each
even
ts, t
he
Char
les
Poin
t Counci
l is
acti
vel
y e
ngag
ed in
pro
moti
ng o
ur
mar
itim
e her
itag
e, in
pro
vid
ing v
aluab
le
educa
tional
pro
gra
ms
and in p
rese
rvin
g h
isto
ric
ship
s.
Sin
ce it
s in
cepti
on, t
he
Counci
l has
org
aniz
ed o
ver
200
lect
ure
s, s
emin
ars,
fi e
ld t
rip
s an
d s
hip
pre
serv
atio
n
pro
ject
s fe
aturi
ng n
ote
d a
uth
ors
, his
tori
ans
and a
rtis
ts
to p
ub
lici
ze t
he
mar
itim
e h
isto
ry o
f o
ur
area
. S
uch
pro
ject
s in
clude
init
iati
ng th
e re
novat
ion o
f P
eeksk
ill’
s
Char
les
Poin
t P
ark a
nd t
he
rest
ora
tion o
f C
hin
a P
ier
(now
ren
amed
Fle
isch
man
n P
ier)
; org
aniz
ing the
only
Par
ade
of T
all S
hip
s on th
e H
udso
n in
the
20
th c
entu
ry to
cele
bra
te R
ock
land C
ounty
’s b
icen
tennia
l; e
xhib
itin
g
at t
he
50
th A
nniv
ersa
ry o
f D
-Day
aboar
d t
he
Intr
epid
Muse
um
; res
earc
hin
g th
e w
hal
ing p
ort
s of
the
Hudso
n
for
Ern
esti
na’s
vis
it t
o p
rom
ote
the
legac
y o
f w
hal
ing
ship
s; a
nd r
eenac
ting a
Rev
olu
tionar
y W
ar n
aval
bat
tle
for
the
Unit
ed S
tate
s M
ilit
ary A
cadem
y a
t W
est P
oin
t,
to n
ame
just
a f
ew!
Mem
ber
s of
the
gen
eral
publi
c ar
e m
ost
wel
com
e to
atte
nd—
Char
les
Poin
t C
ounci
l ev
ents
are
both
a w
ay
to l
earn
ab
ou
t n
ew f
acet
s o
f o
ur
mar
itim
e h
erit
age
and a
way
to m
eet
oth
ers
who s
har
e an
inte
rest
and
enth
usi
asm
for
the
fi el
d.
DDD
2016 C
AL
EN
DA
R O
F E
VE
NT
S:
30 J
an
uary
, S
atu
rday,
10:3
0A
M:
“The
Gre
at P
ort
: T
he
Post
of
New
York
in W
orl
d W
ar I
I”—
Hen
dri
ck
Hu
dso
n F
ree L
ibra
ry,
18
5 K
ing
s F
err
y R
oad
, M
ontr
ose
, N
Y.
27 F
ebru
ary
, Satu
rday,
10:3
0A
M: “E
inst
ein’s
Love
of
Sai
ling”—
Hen
dri
ck H
udso
n F
ree
Lib
rary
, 185
Kin
gs
Fer
ry R
oad
, M
ontr
ose
, N
Y.
19
Ma
rch
, S
atu
rd
ay,
10
:30
AM
: L
afa
yett
e, w
ith
Mar
c Je
nse
n—
Hen
dri
ck H
udso
n F
ree
Lib
rary
, 185
Kin
gs
Fer
ry R
oad
, M
ontr
ose
, N
Y.
21
Ap
ril,
Th
urs
da
y, 6
:00
PM
: N
atio
nal
Mar
itim
e A
war
ds
Din
ner
, Nat
ional
Pre
ss C
lub, W
ashin
gto
n, D
C.
30
Ap
ril
, S
atu
rd
ay,
10
:30
AM
: “H
isto
ry a
nd
Mis
sio
ns
of
the N
ew
Yo
rk N
av
al
Mil
itia
”—
Hen
dri
ck H
udso
n F
ree
Lib
rary
, 185 K
ings
Fer
ry
Road
, M
ontr
ose
, N
Y.
22-2
4 M
ay:
NM
HS
Annual
Mee
ting, N
ewport
, RI.
18 J
un
e, S
atu
rday,
3–6
PM
: C
ruis
e on t
he
Hudso
n
ab
oard
Even
ing
Sta
r—d
ep
art
s fr
om
Peek
skil
l R
iver
front
Gre
en.
30
Ju
ly,
Sa
turd
ay,
10
:00
AM
: A
nd
réa
Do
ria
S
urv
ivo
rs 2
01
6 R
eun
ion
, ca
mp
us
of
the
SU
NY
M
arit
ime
Coll
ege
(to b
e co
nfi
rmed
).
24
Sep
tem
ber,
Sa
turd
ay,
10
:00
AM
: “O
per
atio
n
Nep
tun
e”—
Hen
dri
ck H
ud
son
Fre
e L
ibra
ry,
18
5
Kin
gs
Fer
ry R
oad
, M
ontr
ose
, N
Y.
26
Octo
ber,
Th
ursd
ay,
5:3
0P
M:
NM
HS
An
nu
al
Aw
ards
Din
ner
, New
York
Yac
ht C
lub, N
ew Y
ork
, NY
.
12
Novem
ber
, S
atu
rday,
10:0
0A
M:
“Oper
atio
n
Eag
le
Cla
w,
Res
cue
from
th
e S
ea—
Iran
ian
Host
age
Cri
sis”
—H
endri
ck H
udso
n F
ree
Lib
rary
, 185 K
ings
Fer
ry R
oad
, M
ontr
ose
, N
Y.
3 D
ecem
ber,
Sa
turd
ay,
10
:00
AM
: “N
ors
em
an
Sag
a”—
Co
rtla
nd
t Y
ach
t C
lub
, 2
38
Kin
gs
Fer
ry
Road
, M
ontr
ose
, N
Y.
NM
HS
holi
day p
otl
uck
.
A $
5 t
o $
10 d
onat
ion i
s su
gges
ted,
exce
pt
wher
e oth
erw
ise
note
d.
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ase
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rvat
ions,
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AR
LE
S P
OIN
T C
OU
NC
IL
ST
EE
RIN
G C
OM
MIT
TE
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
y
Bob M
itch
ell
Lia
m M
urp
hy
Jam
es N
ord
man
n
Ronal
d O
swal
d
John S
han
ahan
Car
ol
Vin
all
Jean
Wort
Cap
t. B
rian
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
NM
HS
mem
-ber
s fo
r a
seri
es o
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
. H
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”.
Rec
entl
y, s
tuden
ts fro
m S
UN
Y
Mar
itim
e C
oll
ege
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
e,
wit
h M
arc J
en
sen
—H
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
, 23,6
80 s
q.
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
ic b
eau
ty
and
ric
h h
isto
ry o
f th
e H
ud
son
Hig
hla
nd
s as
no
ted
lo
cal
his
tori
an a
nd
lec
ture
r S
cott
Cra
ven
nar
rate
s. W
e w
ill
cruis
e so
uth
fro
m P
eeksk
ill i
nto
Hav
erst
raw
Bay
to H
ook
M
ou
nta
in o
n t
he
wes
t si
de
of
the
Hu
dso
n,
then
cro
ss
ov
er t
ow
ard
s O
ssin
ing
an
d c
om
e ar
ou
nd
Cro
ton
Po
int
on
th
e re
turn
. P
lace
s o
n t
his
ex
clu
siv
e H
ud
son
Riv
er
cru
ise
are
lim
ited
! C
ost
per
per
son
is
$5
0 a
nd
in
clu
des
sn
ack
s, w
ine,
bee
r, a
nd
so
ft d
rin
ks.
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.
He
would
be
del
ighte
d to
hav
e al
l wil
ling A
ndré
a D
ori
a S
urv
ivors
ro
w th
e li
feb
oat
out i
nto
Long I
slan
d S
ound f
or
a sh
ort
ex
curs
ion
(t
he
bo
at h
old
s 5
0 p
eop
le).
Dis
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
BA
tec
hnolo
gy.
24 S
epte
mb
er, S
atu
rday,
1
0:0
0A
M—
“O
pera
tio
n
Nep
tun
e”
wit
h C
ra
ig
Sy
mo
nd
s—H
en
dr
ick
H
ud
son
Fre
e L
ibra
ry,
Mo
ntr
ose
, N
Y.
Join
na-
tio
nall
y r
en
ow
ned
au
-th
or
and
sch
ola
r C
raig
S
ym
onds
as h
e pre
sents
h
is b
oo
k o
n t
he N
or-
man
dy
lan
din
gs
of
the
All
ied
in
vas
ion
du
rin
g
Wo
rld
War
II
(co
de
nam
ed O
per
atio
n N
eptu
ne)
. T
he
larg
est s
eaborn
e in
vas
ion in
his
tory
, the
oper
a-ti
on w
as t
he
culm
inat
ion o
f yea
rs o
f pla
nnin
g a
nd
inte
nse
deb
ate
and S
ym
onds
pre
sents
the
com
ple
te
story
of
the
Oly
mpia
n e
ffort
, in
volv
ing t
ransp
ort
s,
esco
rts,
gunfi
re s
upport
ship
s, a
nd l
andin
g c
raft
of
ever
y p
oss
ible
siz
e an
d f
unct
ion.
26 O
ctob
er, T
hu
rsd
ay,
5:3
0P
M—
NM
HS
An
nu
al
Aw
ard
s D
inn
er,
New
Yo
rk
Ya
ch
t C
lub
, N
ew
Y
ork
, N
Y.
12 N
ovem
ber
, S
atu
rday,
10:0
0A
M—
“O
per
ati
on
E
agle
C
law
, R
escu
e fr
om
th
e S
ea—
Iran
ian
H
ost
age
Cri
sis”
w
ith
L
aw
ren
ce
Bre
nn
an
—H
end
rick
Hu
dso
n F
ree
Lib
rary
, M
on
trose
, N
Y.
Lar
ry B
rennan
is
a re
tire
d C
apta
in,
Judge
Advo-
cate
Gen
eral
’s C
orp
s, U
.S.
Nav
y, a
n a
dju
nct
Pro
-fe
ssor
of
Law
at
Ford
ham
Law
Sch
ool,
and a
n a
d-
mir
alty
and m
arit
ime
law
lit
igat
or
wit
h m
ore
than
th
ree
dec
ades
of
com
pre
hen
sive
exper
ience
. H
e w
ill
spea
k o
n t
he
ori
gin
of
35 y
ears
of
confl
ict
be-
twee
n t
he
Unit
ed S
tate
s an
d t
he
Isla
mic
Rep
ubli
c of
Iran
and P
resi
den
t C
arte
r v.
the
Ayat
oll
ah.
3 D
ecem
ber,
Sa
turd
ay,
10
:00
AM
—“
No
rse
ma
n
Saga” w
ith
Jam
es L
. N
elso
n,
foll
ow
ed b
y H
oli
-d
ay P
otl
uck
—C
ort
lan
dt Y
ach
t C
lub
, Mon
trose
, N
Y.
Auth
or
Jam
es L
. N
elso
n,
who h
as p
revio
usl
y
wri
tten
on s
uch
topic
s as
pir
acy a
nd t
he
nav
al a
c-ti
on o
f th
e A
mer
ican
Rev
olu
tion,
turn
s his
att
en-
tion t
o h
is o
wn a
nce
stors
, th
e N
ors
emen
, an
d t
hei
r ra
idin
g a
nd l
ater
set
tlin
g i
n E
uro
pe,
and I
rela
nd i
n
par
ticu
lar.
He
wil
l al
so d
iscu
ss t
he
tech
nolo
gic
al
advan
ces
and u
niq
ue
aspec
ts o
f N
ors
e sh
ip d
esig
n
and b
uil
din
g, a
nd h
ow
those
advan
ces
hel
ped
dri
ve
the
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ing i
nvas
ion.
Nel
son i
s cu
rren
tly w
ork
ing
on a
ser
ies
of
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s th
at c
hro
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le t
he
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ture
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ing T
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