Friends of the Naval Shipyard Speaker Series – 250 Years of Service to the Fleet
Location
Portsmouth Welcome Center
Description
250 Years of Service to the U.S. Navy
Speaker: Marcus Robbins
Norfolk Naval Shipyard Command Historian & Archivist
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: Rear Admiral Kavon “Hak” Hakimzadeh
Norfolk Naval Shipyard Commander