Friends of the Naval Shipyard Museum Speaker Series – 250 Years of U.S. Navy Medicine
Location
Portsmouth Welcome Center
Description
250 Years of the Norfolk Naval Shipyard. This event will be held on the 258th Birthday of the Norfolk Naval Shipyard
Speaker: Rear Admiral Kavon “Hak” Hakimzadeh, Newly appointed Commander of the Norfolk Naval Shipyard
All events are free and open to the public.
2025 SPEAKERS SERIES presents 250 YEARS OF U.S. NAVY HISTORY
Saturday, March 22, 2025, 2 – 3 pm
Founding of the U.S. Navy
Speaker: John V. Quarstein
Award winning author, historian,
preservationist, Director Emeritus of
USS Monitor Center
Saturday, June 7, 2025, 2 – 3 pm
250 Years of U.S. Marine Corps
Speaker: Shawn Callahan, Ph. D.
Director
U.S. Marine Corps History Division
Saturday, October 11, 2025, 2 – 3 pm
250 Years of U.S. Navy Medicine
Speaker: André Sobocinski
Renowned Historian- U.S. Navy
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Saturday, November 1, 2025, 2 – 3 pm
250 Years of Service to the U.S. Navy
Speaker: Marcus Robbins
Norfolk Naval Shipyard
Command Historian & Archivist