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Graveyard of the Atlantic Hosts Free Talk on USS Monitor Recovery, Artifacts

May 28, 2009 – 1:44 pm

HATTERAS – Eric Nordgren, senior conservator with the USS Monitor project at The Mariners’ Museum in Newport News, Va., will give a free public presentation on “Conservation of the USS Monitor” at the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum on Wednesday, June 17, at 7 p.m.
On Dec.31, 1862, the famed Union ironclad USS Monitor fell victim [...]

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Public Invited to WWII British Grave Ceremonies to Honor Sailors

May 5, 2009 – 8:50 am

(Hatteras) - Grave ceremonies in Buxton and Ocracoke will be held on May 7 and 8 to honor British and Canadian sailors who gave their lives during WWII. The first ceremony will be held at 11 a.m., May 7, at the WWII British Cemetery near the lighthouse in Buxton with a reception following [...]

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