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What's Up at the Custom House - June 11, 2017
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Jibboom Club #1 meets Tuesday, June 20, 1 PM
Travels of a Junior Deck Officer,
ca. 1962
Naval historian Norman Brouwer was a junior deck officer on the troopship U.S.N.S. GENERAL R. M. BLATCHFORD
, then on loan to the United Nations to transport peacekeeping forces for the former Belgian Congo.
During his nine month tour of duty on the BLATCHFORD, the ship carried troops from Pakistan, India, Malaysia, and Indonesia.
Above, troopship U.S.N.S. GENERAL R. M. BLATCHFORD in Singapore, 1962.
Norman
Brouwer recorded the experience taking color slides and photos, keeping a log, and writing detailed letters home. He will draw on all of these sources for his talk to Jibboom Club #1.
The Jibboom Club meets the third Tuesday of most months, from 1 to 4 PM.
Join Russ and Rob for a speakers' program, coffee and good conversation. Donation for refreshments, only. Call 860-447-2501 for further information.
Please come, and bring a friend.
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The Cartoonist Club
cartooning classes for kids age 8 and up
Four Saturdays - July 1, 8, 15, 22. 10:45 AM to 12 noon.
Learn the basics of cartooning with kids' book illustrator cartoonist
Jon Buller.
Four sessions. All materials provided. $40. Questions? call: 860-447-2501.
Sign up online 24/7:
brownpapertickets.com/event/2970219
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On view at the Custom House Maritime Museum
through July 16
two new photography exhibitions
Above, The almost Full Wolf Moon rises above the clouds over the Morgan Point Lighthouse in Noank as seen from Groton Long Point Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017. The moon will reach its full phase early Thursday morning. (Tim Cook/The Day)
Lighthouses, Tall Ships, and Submarines: Maritime Photos from The Day's Photojournalists, by Tim Cook, Sean Elliot, Dana Jensen, and
Stars & Lighthouses - Long Island Sound, by David Zapatka
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Make History - You can rent the Custom House
The Custom House Maritime Museum provides the ideal setting for your party, military reunion, corporate event, wedding, or private occasion, o
ffering a variety of adaptable spaces and nearby parking.
The event was an employee orientation and "get to know the boss" session for the Connecticut employees of Salient Federal Solutions of Fairfax, Virginia. Salient Federal Solutions is a worldwide company supporting government agencies in the areas of systems engineering, information technology, and intelligence. The President/CEO Brad Antle said the maritime museum was a "...perfect venue for our orientation". --
David Lersch, Sailent Solutions
To get more information on renting a space within the Museum, please contact Susan, who will be more than happy to discuss your ideas:
860-447-2501.
We can provide catering & logistics help, too.
NB: per the fire marshal, our total capacity is 49.
Spaces for hire include the intimate, accessible Jibboom Room,
above,
large Crawford lighthouse Gallery, or outdoor Tented Courtyard.
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We meet in federal court Monday morning to resume mediation in Waesche vs USA & NLMS.
We have been here before; Across all of 2015, we met with Judge Margolis and, in fact, reached an agreement in December 2015. Months later, the Waesches decided not to sign. Should we not reach a second agreement, and sign it, the case goes to federal court on October 28 of this year.
Above right, Ted Webb, Cross Sound Ferry tour narrator and an NLMS trustee, took this terrific photo of Harbor Light on June 5.
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Right, we have a selection of new books for boaters in the MUSEUM SHOP!
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to learn what other lighthouse on the Sound are up to this summer.
Huntington Harbor Light is working towards their 150th anniversary.
Greens Ledge Light, off Norwalk, recently was sold to a preservation group.
Execution Rocks is now up for sale.
Below, A field trip to Fort Trumbull
State Park last week
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In June, NLMS provided six days of field trips to bring New London public school's 300 third graders to visit this important historic property. This was the final in a series of visits the Maritime Society provided to the students as part of a year-long local history program developed and run by NLMS educator Jody Barthel and financed by grants from Anthony and Elizabeth Enders, the McGinley Family Fund, and the Community Foundation. Guess what: we've already received grants to repeat this program for the 4th time next year!
Our historic sites can teach us a lot. But if people don't have access to these properties -- many of these places built and maintained by their tax dollars -- the public won't care to continue to invest to preserve them for future generations.
At Fort
Trumbull, now a Connecticut state park
, students toured both in the museum and outside throughout the fort. They learned about Benedict Arnold's burning of New London, that this was the first home of the USCG Academy, and of the important work of the Navy Underwater Sound Laboratory in WWII and the development of the sonobuoy, which helped defeat the German 'wolf packs'.
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