Our speaker is John Quarstein formerly a director at the Virginia Mariners Museum in NewPort News. His talks are excellent and he will cover the CSS Arkansas, a river gunboat on the Mississippi River. In previous talks he took us to Mobile Bay, Chesapeake Bay , and across the Atlantic Ocean.
The winter has broken and we have more evening light. Doors open at 6:00 for social period and dinner to follow. This month is fried chicken, potato salad and our favorite dish Hoppin John with pie for dessert. Ice and bottled water is provided. Meal and meeting is $15.00 or w/o dinner is $5.00.