On Wednesday day, we will depart
the
hotel at 1000 and head off to the Navy Seabee Museum.
At 11:30, off we
go to the Quonset Officers Club for lunch (included).
At 1330
we will tour the Naval War College Museum. After that will be a
narrated drive of Newport, including Ocean Drive. At 1545, we will tour the Marble House (right)
before heading back to the hotel at approximately 1730. The cost for
this day is $85.00 per person.
The second day we will
start with us heading
off to Battleship Cove at 1000. We will visit the Viet Nam
Veteran’s Wall, the Tin Can Sailors Library, and the USS
Massachusetts. We will have lunch on our own on the
battleship. We will return to the hotel at approximately
1630. The cost for this day is $65 per person.
You will notice that we return each day later than normal for our annual meeting. In order to have our annual meeting, we need to have it BEFORE we go out on tours for the day. Thus our member meeting will be at 8:30AM in the hospitality room on Wednesday morning, June 18th. If we cannot cover all off the business necessary, we will reconvene on Thursday morning at 8:30 AM. I know this is not how we have done it in the past, but traffic concerns and other logistics made me set up the tour times the way we have to do it. Since breakfast is included, get down there early.
Our banquet will be held on Thursday, June 19th.
Cocktail hour will be from 1800-1900, and dinner will follow at 1900.
We will offer the following meal choices: Sauteed Chicken Breast
Saltimbocca with Prosciutto and Swiss Cheese and Marsala Mushroom
Sauce,; or Baked New England Scrod, or Mushroom Ravioli. The
cost per meal is $55 per person.
I am looking forward to going back to Newport for one last visit. This is my last reunion that I will be planning. I have done the last 15 and it is time for me to step down as VP - Reunion Planner. I have enjoyed doing it and hope that all of you have enjoyed them as well. I have tried to always have a mix of things to see on the tours for both the shipmates and their guests. I am ready for a break and I hope you can all understand that.
2010 St. Louis | 2011 Washington D.C. | 2012 Newport |
2013 Norfolk | 2014 Jacksonville | 2015 New Orleans |
2016 Memphis | 2017 Harrisburg | 2018 Savannah |
2019 Hartford | 2020 Boston Canceled | 2021/22 Milwaukee Canceled |
2022 Charleston * | 2023 Norfolk 6/11-14 * | 2024 Annapolis MD 6/10-13* |
2025 Newport 6/17-20 ---------- |