Friends of the Naval Shipyard Museum Speaker Series – Founding of the U.S. Navy
March 22, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Founding of the U.S. Navy
Speaker: John V. Quarstein
Award winning author, historian,
preservationist, Director Emeritus of
USS Monitor Center
All events are free and open to the public.
2025 SPEAKERS SERIES presents 250 YEARS OF U.S. NAVY HISTORY
Saturday, March 22, 2025, 2 – 3 pm
Founding of the U.S. Navy
Speaker: John V. Quarstein
Award winning author, historian,
preservationist, Director Emeritus of
USS Monitor Center
Saturday, June 7, 2025, 2 – 3 pm
250 Years of U.S. Marine Corps
Speaker: Shawn Callahan, Ph. D.
Director
U.S. Marine Corps History Division
Saturday, October 11, 2025, 2 – 3 pm
250 Years of U.S. Navy Medicine
Speaker: André Sobocinski
Renowned Historian- U.S. Navy
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Saturday, November 1, 2025, 2 – 3 pm
250 Years of Service to the U.S. Navy
Speaker: Marcus Robbins
Norfolk Naval Shipyard
Command Historian & Archivist