Presidents' Day: Lincoln Remembered

Abraham Lincoln, The Martyr, Victorious by John Sartain I had a hard time composing a blog post about Abraham Lincoln and Presidents' D...

MLK and the Rights of Men: A Sesquicentennial Introspective

Dr. King during the March on Washington Today (January 21, 2013) we celebrate the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  Dr. King was...

Gideon Welles' Thoughts on Emancipation

First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of Lincoln , by Francis Bicknell Carpenter (Welles is seated in the middle next to Abra...

Brick by Brick: LEGO Shipbuilding at HRNM

Participants from last year's LEGO Event building the USS Monitor .  Calling all ship builders!  Bring your LEGO ships to the Hampton Ro...

USS Monitor 150th Anniversary Experience at the Mariners' Museum

Auctioned “Experience” Inside USS Monitor ’s Revolving Gun Turret to Highlight 150 th Anniversary of Ironclad’s Demise,  Support Ongoing Con...

CSS Virginia LEGO Ship Instructions Available for Download

Click on the above image to download the instructions (.pdf) The wait is finally over!  As part of the new "Brick by Brick: LEGO Shipbu...

News and Events: Week of 2 September 2012

Ah, yes.  It's that time of year again.  The slight chill in the air.  Leaves falling on the ground.  Children playing in school yards a...

Rubber is Not Just for Toy Ships: Guest Blog Post by 12-Year Old Andrew Druart

It is my pleasure to post the first blog entry of Andrew Druart.  Andrew is a young man with a love and passion for Civil War history and pr...

The Naval Siege of Vicksburg Begins

When attempting to capture a city, fortress, or other strongpoint, the formal rules of siege craft require the opposing force to ask the aut...

Navy Cutlasses in the Civil War

One of the many things I like about portraying a US Navy Seaman at CW living history and re-enactment events is that we get to wear and use ...

Drewry's Bluff Commemoration

Today, Laura Orr and I traveled to Drewry's Bluff to talk about some recent developments brewing with the National Park Service for the ...

The First Year in Review

Civil War Navy and Marine Reenactors at Portsmouth Navy Birthday (October 2011)  " Nor must Uncle Sam's web-feet be forgotten. At...

No Fools in April: Some Sunday Fun and News

It's been a few days since the last post.  The education staff (including myself) at the Hampton Roads Naval Museum was busy this past ...

A Little Bit of March Madness for CWN 150 Fans

USS Benton Ship Plans  As many of you know, college basketball season is winding to a close with its annual tournament of 64.  Now in the c...