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April 2012 Newsletter

Our April 2012 Newsletter is now available at this link.
Navy League Monterey April 2012 Newsletter

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It’s A Spring Thing

[ April 28, 2012; 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ]

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Clara Foster Pearl Harbor Remembrance 2010

Please take a few monuments and see Ms. Clara Foster who was one of our speakers at last December’s Pearl Harbor Remembrance dinner.
She tells a story of meeting a group of young boys, in 1928, when she started school on the Monterey Peninsula. She relates how the bombing of Pearl Harbor affected them all.
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US Coast Guard Station Monterey Change of Command Ceremony

The Navy League’s Monterey Peninsula Council President, Rod Collins, and Susan McLaughlin, Council Vice President, attended the Coast Guard Change of Command ceremony at US Coast Guard Station Monterey, in Monterey, on June 10, 2011. The lawn in front of the Station boathouse was set up with a tent and seating for the attendees. [...]

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Sloat Landing Commemoration at Fisherman’s Wharf

[ July 2, 2011; 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm. ] Commemoration of Commodore John Drake Sloat landing. Landing near Fisherman’s Wharf, 1:30 to 2p.m., ceremony at 2p.m. Saturday, July 2, at the Custom House, near the Monterey History and Maritime Museum in Monterey. Commodore John Drake Sloat, Commander of the American Naval forces in the Pacific , returns to Monterey to commemorate his initial landing [...]

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Laying of the Wreath, Memorial Day 2011

Members of the Navy League attended the annual Wreath Laying Ceremony at the Coast Guard Pier in Monterey, on Memorial Day, May 30, 2011.
Representatives from the Navy League, the Naval Order, the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Sons of the American Revolution and the Fleet Reserve Association laid wreaths at the ceremony.

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June Board Meeting

[ June 9, 2011; 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ] Navy League Monterey’s monthly board meeting will be held in the classroom at USCG Station Monterey.

Interested members are welcome to attend.

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BATTLE OF MIDWAY DINING-OUT SATURDAY 4 JUNE

[ June 4, 2011; 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Planning for this year’s NPS Student Council sponsored Battle of Midway, the battle that doomed Japan and is considered to be the turning point in the Pacific War, is underway. As historians have documented, the Japanese offensive momentum stalled with this battle and with following engagements in the Solomon’s and Guadalcanal, our forces advanced [...]

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Laying of the Wreath Ceremony, Memorial Day 2011

[ May 30, 2011; 10:00 am to 11:30 am. ] [caption id="attachment_738" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="USCGC Hawksbill provides a platform for the 2008 wreath laying ceremony"][/caption]The USCGC Hawksbill will provide a platform for the for Memorial Day wreath laying ceremony in Monterey.

The Memorial Day ceremonies will be held on the stern of the cutter.

We encourage you to come. Those not participating the the ceremony [...]

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Memorial Day Concert on the Lawn

[ May 30, 2011; ] May 30, 2011
Location: NPS Campus
Type: Special Event

On Monday, May 30, 2011, the Naval Postgraduate School will present the annual Memorial Day Concert on the Lawn, featuring the Monterey Bay Symphony. Admission is FREE and open to the public.

The day long event includes displays from the different schools on campus, tours of [...]

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