American Legion Post 20 Meeting with Howard Hoege III
Press Club's American Legion Post Meeting to Feature Head of Mariners' Museum
Sep 4 2024
WHEN:
Sep 4, 2024 at 12:00pm
WHERE:
McClendon Room
CONTACT INFO:
Tom Young, Commander, American Legion Post 20
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Meeting
The president and CEO of the Mariners' Museum and Park in Newport News, Virginia, plans to speak at the next meeting of the National Press Club's American Legion Post. Howard Hoege III will describe the museum's collection, which includes more than 200 tons of artifacts recovered from the USS Monitor. Post 20's luncheon meeting will take place at noon on Wednesday, Sept. 4 in the McClendon Room. All Club members are invited.
The Monitor was the first ironclad vessel commissioned by the U.S. Navy. She is best known for an epic four-hour battle with the Confederate ironclad CSS Virginia. The battle ended with neither ship able to destroy the other, and it marked a major turning point in naval technology and tactics.
Mr. Hoege graduated from West Point, and he served as an infantry officer and as a JAG officer, and his career includes service in Iraq with the 101st Airborne Division.