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
Okay. No Public Comment lets take a vote okay. Commissioner campagnoli. Commissioner lee. Commissioner joseph. Commissioner hyde. Commissioner perez. Commissioner akers. Well president tan i guess sure. Youre up again thanks everyone clapping. lets move on to the second position thats for Vice President happy to entertain a motion. Id like to nominate commissioner hyde for president. I second that. Great whos been an excellent Vice President. Any comments from commissioners any other nominations for Vice President to make this interesting no okay any Public Comment on the nomination for commissioner hyde as president. I dont see any lets vote same house, same call . Yep done okay. Congratulations. Were going to move on just to clarify your term isnt until june 30th. Yes. And so item 5 is Police Department questions or comments anyone from the police want to come up and speak i heard this hammed last time. This is interesting. All right. Thats okay. Anyone want to comment on this weeks
Judys new government is only two months old and it already has lost a top cabinet member on friday interior minister hospital friedrich resigned as questions malveaux for his role in the investigation of a Parliament Member suspected of possessing time for troublemakers here in germany once new wife read rick passed on information about the criminal investigation to other members of the cabinet we begin with this report a hastily called news conference. The culmination of a tense twenty four alice hunt speeds of the disease he insists he did nothing wrong. He cannot afford it look so ago my opinion is the same as always was. Acted correctly politically and legally. When i informed the needs of the spd oct lisa also simple. But the pressure has grown so much in the last few hours to go see all that i no longer think i can do the job in the agriculture ministry. My concentration. Wish me a comment tool and Political Support to know when were all going to put additional note that only the
Report. I dont see any well move on. Item 4 is our elections for president and Vice President so my term and commissioner hydes term is up at the end of the month and heres an opportunity to nominate whoever you want to nominate. And do i run this ive never run is if youre going to run again do you run it. Do i run. How do we do it i forgot. When john was here it didnt matter. Id like to nominate president tan as president. Second. Theres a motion and a second is there a nominate any other nominate. Are we doing one level at that point. Yes. The president first theres a tough competition. Okay i dont see any comments from the commissioners any comment to reinstate me. Okay. No Public Comment lets take a vote okay. Commissioner campagnoli. Commissioner lee. Commissioner joseph. Commissioner hyde. Commissioner perez. Commissioner akers. Well president tan i guess sure. Youre up again thanks everyone clapping. lets move on to the second position thats for Vice President happy to entertain