- Free
- Portsmouth Welcome Center
206 High St
Portsmouth, Virginia 23704 - 2-3PM ET
This lecture is number two of a four-part speaker series from the Friends of the Naval Shipyard Museum on 250 years of the U.S. Marine Corps.
This week's speaker will be Shawn Callahan, Ph.D., Director, U.S. Marine Corps History Division.
This Event is free and open to the public.
Other in this series are:
Founding of the U.S. Navy
Speaker: John V. Quarstein
Award winning author, historian,
preservationist, Director Emeritus of
USS Monitor Center
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
America's Field Trip
Engaging students nationwide to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary!
This contest invites students in grades 3–12 to share their perspectives on what America means to them — and earn the opportunity to travel for field trip experiences at some of the nation’s most iconic historic and cultural landmarks.