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Join us at Lauderdale Yacht Club on Saturday, May 26 @ 11:30am for the quarterly luncheon !!
Our speaker is Maj. Bill Harvey, USMC (Ret). Please R.S.V.P. prior to Thursday, May 24th by calling the museum @ 954-359-4400 The 72nd Flight 19 Anniversary Memorial Ceremony took place Tuesday, December 5, 2017 at the Naval Air Station Fort Lauderdale Museum building 4000 West Perimeter Rd. Fort Lauderdale, FL 33315 Directions / Contact   The Lost Squadron, by Bob Jenny. On exhibit at Museum. Support the Museum on Black Friday Shop at smile.amazon.com for all your holiday gifts and decorations. YOU SHOP. AMAZON DONATES. Click on Banner Image to Donate  Photos from the Inauguration of the Zen Garden created by volunteer Veterans & Master Gardeners, in honor of Ray Rivera WWII & Korea Veteran, survivor of the Bunker Hill CV-17. Original painting was created by artist & Vietnam Vet John Bowen. VETERAN'S DAY CELEBRATION SATURDAY NOVEMBER 11, 2017 AT 10:30 AM We will inaugurate a ZEN GARDEN and memorial to the Bunker Hill CV-17, created by veterans, in honor or World War II & Korea veteran RAY RIVERA. To be held at the Museum's outdoor garden areas, rear of parking lot. No reservations are required. The event is free to the public.   WPBT2 SOUTH FLORIDA will feature a show about Veterans of the Vietnam War, it's aftermath, and how they are still coping with creative ways to combat PTSD. Museum members Brendan Doyle, Phil Jordan, Nunzio Galli, & Buddy Galvin will be featured.
Make sure to tune in on SEPTEMBER 15 AT 7:30 PM, and SEPTEMBER 17 at 12:00 PM
THE VIETNAM WAR is a 10 part, 18-hour documentary film series directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. An immersive 360-degree narrative, the series tells the epic story of the Vietnam War as it has never before been told on film. THE VIETNAM WAR features testimony from nearly 80 witnesses, including many Americans who fought in the war and others who opposed it, as well as Vietnamese combatants and civilians from both the winning and losing sides.
Ten years in the making, the series brings the war and the chaotic epoch it encompassed viscerally to life. Written by Geoffrey C. Ward, produced by Sarah Botstein, Novick and Burns, it includes rarely seen, digitally re-mastered archival footage from sources around the globe, photographs taken by some of the most celebrated photojournalists of the 20th century, historic television broadcasts, evocative home movies, and revelatory audio recordings from inside the Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon administrations. The series features more than 100 iconic musical recordings from many of the greatest artists of the era, and original music from Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross as well as the Silk Road Ensemble featuring Yo-Yo Ma. SEPTEMBER 2017 is Broward Attractions & Museums Month BUY ONE GET ONE FREE ADMISSION AT THESE MUSEUMS & ATTRACTIONS:  Eileen Hamilton Bolton 1922 - 2017 Museum member Eileen Bolton, 95, of Hollywood, passed away August 25, 2017. Daughter of Burton and Margaret Hamilton, she was born in 1922, in Long Beach, NY. She moved to Hollywood, FL, in 1955 where she had resided since. She supported WWII as an original Rosie the Riveter at the Grumman Aircraft plant in New York.
FOUND: Harry Brandenburg U.S Navy Engineer Officer 1917 - 1918 USS Arizona (BB-39) First World War  Harry Brandenburg, 4th row, second from left, 1918. My Unusual Search By Ron Brandenburg My late father, Harry Brandenburg was a US Navy engineering officer aboard the battleship Arizona during the First World War. Aside from a few stories he told me when I was a young man I knew very little about his Navy activities during that time. Ten years ago I was wandering through a bookstore and came across a very large history book titled “Battleship Arizona” by Paul Stillwell. I was interested in books relating to warships, having served in the Navy in the early 1950's as a radioman on both a cruiser and a destroyer. While browsing through the book, I stopped on pages 34 and 35 and saw a fabulous two page photograph dated 1918 showing the Arizona's wartime crew posing on the ships forecastle. Can you imagine my surprise and feelings when I recognized my father's face among the 4th line of officers? I was amazed that this history book located in an obscure corner of a book store contained a photo of my father taken over 90 years ago.... READ MORE     Discussion centered around the creation |
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Beautification Projects at the NAS Fort Lauderdale Museum
North Side and Front Garden Beautification Project
Suggested Improvements to be completed by Memorial Day, May 2018.
NORTH SIDE OF BUILDING Project #1
Museum volunteers will be removing a metal link fence on the north side of the building, which is about 59 feet long, to be replaced with wooden posts linked together with a nautical looking rope. This project would also include purchasing the items and then installing them.
In addition to the installation of a new fence, pruning is needed for the existing shrubs all along the north side of the building as can be seen on 1st photo. These plants need to be pruned back at least a foot from the building and all dead fronds/leaves need to be removed. There is a plant that is growing out from the fronds on one of the palm trees that needs to be removed. There are also other weeds along the ground that need to be pulled out.
FRONT OF BUILDING BEAUTIFICATION Project #2
To the left of the museum’s front door entrance, there are several electrical boxes/meters on the building (as seen on 2nd photo), and it is suggested to use two White Vinyl Traditional Lattice pieces that are being stored under the building to attach it vertically to 4’x4’ lumber. These lattice pieces are 4’x8’. Installed this way, the lattice would be used as a trellis for butterfly host plants that are vines. This would be erected about 6 feet from the building and adjacent to the porch’s railing allowing easy access to the electrical boxes/meters from the left side of the trellis.
ADDITIONAL WORK Project #3
There are numerous Wandering-Jew plants (as seen on 3rd photo), which are invasive, and other weeds that need to be removed from the front and also under the building. All of the plants along the front of the building need to be pruned to remove dead matter and to be cut back so they do not touch the building.
After all of the above work has been completed, butterfly garden plants will be added to beautify the area and labor assistance will be needed for that installation in addition to funding to procure the materials. This area is approximately 70’ x 20 feet and includes a flag pole and its surrounding concrete base and military equipment. Also, in the future, four dedication monuments for the museum’s founders: Allan McElhiney USN WWII, Chief Stephen Sedilo Coast Guard, Ben Langley USN Seabees, and Col. Rawls, US Army, will be installed in the front of the building (as seen on photos with orange cones).
Suggested Improvements to be completed by Memorial Day, May 2018.
NORTH SIDE OF BUILDING Project #1
Museum volunteers will be removing a metal link fence on the north side of the building, which is about 59 feet long, to be replaced with wooden posts linked together with a nautical looking rope. This project would also include purchasing the items and then installing them.
In addition to the installation of a new fence, pruning is needed for the existing shrubs all along the north side of the building as can be seen on 1st photo. These plants need to be pruned back at least a foot from the building and all dead fronds/leaves need to be removed. There is a plant that is growing out from the fronds on one of the palm trees that needs to be removed. There are also other weeds along the ground that need to be pulled out.
FRONT OF BUILDING BEAUTIFICATION Project #2
To the left of the museum’s front door entrance, there are several electrical boxes/meters on the building (as seen on 2nd photo), and it is suggested to use two White Vinyl Traditional Lattice pieces that are being stored under the building to attach it vertically to 4’x4’ lumber. These lattice pieces are 4’x8’. Installed this way, the lattice would be used as a trellis for butterfly host plants that are vines. This would be erected about 6 feet from the building and adjacent to the porch’s railing allowing easy access to the electrical boxes/meters from the left side of the trellis.
ADDITIONAL WORK Project #3
There are numerous Wandering-Jew plants (as seen on 3rd photo), which are invasive, and other weeds that need to be removed from the front and also under the building. All of the plants along the front of the building need to be pruned to remove dead matter and to be cut back so they do not touch the building.
After all of the above work has been completed, butterfly garden plants will be added to beautify the area and labor assistance will be needed for that installation in addition to funding to procure the materials. This area is approximately 70’ x 20 feet and includes a flag pole and its surrounding concrete base and military equipment. Also, in the future, four dedication monuments for the museum’s founders: Allan McElhiney USN WWII, Chief Stephen Sedilo Coast Guard, Ben Langley USN Seabees, and Col. Rawls, US Army, will be installed in the front of the building (as seen on photos with orange cones).
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After two years of planning,
Project Mariner Expedition finally takes Off on Monday July 24, 2017!
Naval Air Station Fort Lauderdale Museum
Project Director: Andrew Marocco
Project Mariner Expedition finally takes Off on Monday July 24, 2017!
Naval Air Station Fort Lauderdale Museum
Project Director: Andrew Marocco
Thank you to Peter Larson for donating a framed 1927 Fort Lauderdale Daily News
Front Page "Lindbergh Hops Off On Paris Trip"
On exhibit now, along with John Sullivan's WWI uniform,
and a 1898 Spanish-American War Medal of Honor
Front Page "Lindbergh Hops Off On Paris Trip"
On exhibit now, along with John Sullivan's WWI uniform,
and a 1898 Spanish-American War Medal of Honor
This is the first phase for the Ray Rivera's Zen Garden & "The USS Bunker Hill"
We will be adding more updates, and participants in a few days.
If you would like to help with this project please Contact the Museum
RAY RIVERA, USNR WWII Bio
We will be adding more updates, and participants in a few days.
If you would like to help with this project please Contact the Museum
RAY RIVERA, USNR WWII Bio
Phase 2 - Work in progress: The USS Bunker Hill will be featured in the far horizon, on a coastal scene of the Pacific Ocean. This is artist John Bowen's sketch painting. The scene will eventually be painted in an upside down canoe.
The Wrecking Crew organized adding new gutters on the East side of the Museum's building.
The gutters were installed by Christian Stutz and Darren Dunaway from Budget Seamless Gutters.
Notice the fresh coat of paint and new tiling that the Wrecking Crew volunteers completed as well!
The gutters were installed by Christian Stutz and Darren Dunaway from Budget Seamless Gutters.
Notice the fresh coat of paint and new tiling that the Wrecking Crew volunteers completed as well!
Our awesome "Wrecking Crew" volunteers: Veterans Rolf, Nunzio, Brendan, & Phil
They are all around wizards in gardening, carpentry, preservation, construction, and much more!
We are so very lucky to have their support and dedication. They have painted all the building's steps, railings, fixed leaks, rotten wood, replaced broken panels and tiles, created all the garden areas, tend to the gardens,
and currently they are creating a new garden in honor of WWII veteran Ray Rivera.
They are all around wizards in gardening, carpentry, preservation, construction, and much more!
We are so very lucky to have their support and dedication. They have painted all the building's steps, railings, fixed leaks, rotten wood, replaced broken panels and tiles, created all the garden areas, tend to the gardens,
and currently they are creating a new garden in honor of WWII veteran Ray Rivera.
The Memorial Butterfly Gardens are doing wonderful, growing and hosting lots of butterflies.
Thank you to the Wrecking Crew Volunteers for the tireless work you do everyday at the Museum.
You know who you are :)
Thank you to the Wrecking Crew Volunteers for the tireless work you do everyday at the Museum.
You know who you are :)
Greetings from Hollywood in Florida 1930s. Postcard.
NAS Fort Lauderdale Museum LUNCHEON
Saturday, June 24 - 11:30 am
GUEST SPEAKER
Joan Mickelson, Ph.D.
Writer, editor, blogger, Florida historian, mystery book author
"History of flying in and around Hollywood, Florida 1920 to 1940"
- A PowerPoint presentation -
Donation: $25 (at door)
Joan Mickelson Website
Saturday, June 24 - 11:30 am
GUEST SPEAKER
Joan Mickelson, Ph.D.
Writer, editor, blogger, Florida historian, mystery book author
"History of flying in and around Hollywood, Florida 1920 to 1940"
- A PowerPoint presentation -
Donation: $25 (at door)
Joan Mickelson Website
  | Thank you to the Myers family, relatives of ALBERT BEYER for donating a Congressional Medal of Honor in mint condition, from the Spanish-American War. This donation was in memory of Rev. & Mrs Stacy D. Myers, Jr. Albert Beyer Spanish American War Coxswain, U.S. Navy. Awarded for extraordinary bravery on board the U.S.S. Nashville. May 11, 1898 Citation: On board the U.S.S. Nashville during the cutting of the cable leading from Cienfuegos, Cuba, 11 May 1898. Facing the heavy fire of the enemy, Beyer set an example of extraordinary bravery and coolness throughout this action. Albert Beyer was one of 52 sailors and Marines awarded the Medal for actions during that battle. Albert was born June 13, 1859 in Hanover, Germany. He entered Service at Boston, Massachusetts. Albert died October 29, 1929. He's buried at Mount Moriah Cemetery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Unfortunately, there are no known photographs of Albert Beyer. |
 USS Nashville at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, 8 January 1898. | USS Nashville (PG-7) a gunboat, was the only ship of its class. It was the first of three ships of the United States Navy to hold the name Nashville. Spanish–American War: Upon commissioning, Nashville joined the North Atlantic Fleet; and, as war with Spain became imminent after the sinking of the armored cruiser Maine, she was ordered to the Caribbean. She captured four Spanish vessels from 22 April-26 July 1898, and assisted in cutting the undersea telegraph cable just off the shore of Cienfuegos, where many of her sailors and Marines were honored with Medals of Honor. Nashville remained on duty off Cuba until the war's end. |
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