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FREE - Tour the Naval War College Museum
Wed, Apr 19
|Newport Naval War College Museum
Sandy & Maureen Neville have very kindly offered to escort/drive a select number of TOH members. They can each sponsor 4 people so we have a total of 8 spots available. We will repeat if there is interest - in combination with lunch on the Club Terrace - beautiful views of the bay and the bridge!
Time & Location
Apr 19, 2023, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Newport Naval War College Museum, Luce Ave, Newport, RI 02841, USA
Guests
About the Event
An email will be sent to those confirmed noting the meeting place as Maureen and Sandy will be driving.
https://usnwc.edu/NWC-Museum
Tradition has it that on a late October's day in 1884, Commodore Stephen B. Luce, USN, was rowed from the flagship of the North Atlantic Squadron anchored off Newport to Coasters Harbor Island two miles north of the center of Newport, a site designated earlier that month by the Secretary of the Navy for a new kind of college. Once on the island, Luce proceeded to a large stone building, the former Newport Asylum for the Poor, climbed its rickety stairs, and as he opened the front door solemnly announced to his few companions and the empty grounds, "Poor little poorhouse, I christen thee United States Naval War College." Today the "little poorhouse" is a well preserved and stately structure, a National Historic Landmark and home to the Naval War…