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Greensboro on to unc were laura and i spent some time for year before i moved on to West Virginia university. Andcompleted her masters has had a very her first job was at stratford and hall, the birthplace of robert e lee. Recently, she is the deputy education director at the Hampton Roads naval museum. She works as an educator and does special event. She also worked at fort munro museum. Today, she will be speaking to shipwreck. Vil war in my seven years here, i dont think we have done any naval operations. She will be talking about shipwrecks of the uss cumberland before she comes on page. Note that laura and her husband have recently published a book. You can see a copy of it just in front of the podium. The title of the book is never. All me a hero me introduce laura lawfer. [applause] afternoon. How is everybody . Good. They went after lunch. I have to start out with a matter of disclosure. At the United States naval museum, everything here is my opinion. It is not endorsed by the
U. S. Troops recognize the sacrifice of the cumberland crew and they paid homage to the dead, recognizing that section of the james river as hollowed ground. Two years and eight months later, another important worship joined at the bottom of the james river. First of the foreign built raters, css florida. Check it in the current in a liverpool shipyard. Using a british gun bill for the model of the whole time of vessel was designed for speed and maneuverability. 1862, sent to the hes where john mack christened the css florida. Rater, florida was incredibly successful. During one of its first cruise, it captured 25 merchant ships. The carter values on these ships 1. 5 million in this was civil war money so think of how huge it would be today. They counted for an additional 22 ship seizures. After an accident layover in france, they captured 13 more merchant ships in 1864. That year, the New York Times printed an editorial, accusing diligencend lack of in catching this radar. Without cal
From the new york city area, the fire onboard. Authorities say two batteries catching fire in a passengers bag. The emergency landing. The major winter storm moving into the northeast. Blizzard warnings at this hour. Difficult travel from d. C. To philadelphia to new york. R expected. The major endorsement for joe biden tonight. Will it be enough to bring a win in South Carolina. Can he catch up to Bernie Sanders, who faced tough new attacks himself in the debate. Two Young Americans on trial, accused of killing an Italian Police officer. Surveillance video allegedly showing them running from the scene. The unexpected turn tonight in thatted to learns deadly fall from a cruise ship. Her grandfather now planning to plead guilty. And the massive fire, flames and smoke hundreds of feet into the air. Traffic backed up for miles. Good evening and its great to have you with us here on this wednesday night. And we begin tonight with the coronavirus emergency. President trump set to address th
The passenger jet taking off from the new york city area, the fire onboard. Authorities say two batteries catching fire in a passengers bag. The emergency landing. The major winter storm moving into the northeast. Blizzard warnings at this hour. Difficult travel from d. C. To philadelphia to new york expected. The major endorsement for joe biden tonight. Will it be enough to bring a win in South Carolina . Can he catch up to Bernie Sanders, who faced tough new attacks himself in the debate. Two Young Americans on trial, accused of killing an Italian Police officer. Surveillance video allegedly showing them running from the scene. The unexpected turn tonight in that toddlers deadly fall from a cruise ship. Her grandfather now planning to plead guilty. And the massive fire, flames and smoke hundreds of feet into the air. Traffic backed up for miles. Good evening as we come on the air in the west tonight. It is great to have you with us here on a wednesday night. And we begin with fastmov