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NMHS: A CAUSE I N M O T ION
NMHS ANNUAL MEETING to be Held 20 April 2002 at West Point, New York The 39 th Annual M eeting of the National M aritime Historical Society will be held overlooking the Hudson River in th e imposin g granite-built Hotel Thayer on the grounds of W est Point, the U nited States Military Academy, on Saturday, 20 April 2002. All m embers are encouraged to attend this meeting taking place during Wes t Point's bicentennial year. The H o tel T hayer resemb les a m edieval fortr ess w ith G othic w indo ws, c ren u la ted roof lin es and turrets ove rlo okin g a steep , roc ky cliff that rises above the rive r, a view we will enj oy fr om bo th our m eeting and luncheon rooms. Registration with a contin ental b rea kfas t Hotel Thayer starts at 9AM in the Garden T errace Room; the Business M eeting fo llows at 1OAM . T he meeting includes reports from the officers of the Board of T rustees, N MHS staff and Co mmittee chairmen , and the election of trustees, foll owed bya report from Barn ab us M cH enry on the Hudson River Valley as a National H eritage Area. In additio n, Captain Robin Walbridge of the replica H MS Bounty will provide an update on the ship's renovation and future p lans for her. After the m eeting we will enjoy a cash
bar and buffet luncheon. In the afternoon we will take an hour-and-a-half coach to ur of W est Point; the coaches will m eet us at the Thayer at 2:30PM and return us at 4PM. Due to securi ty regulations, please leave yo urself extra time. T he guards will direct you to the co rrect lan e for securi ty clearance fo r the T hayer. Everyone in yo ur party will need a picture ID , and your car m ay be searched at the gate; video cam eras are no t permitted. T he Hotel T haye r has comp leted a remodeling of their guest rooms, including the additio n of dual data ports and voice mail, as well as other am enities and tas teful new interiors. T hey are holding a block of rooms fo r us for the evenings of Friday, 19 April, and Satu rday, 20 April, for $ 139 for a single o r double. Let themknowyou arewith NMH S to get this rate. Please book immediately to ensure room availabili ty. Call the hotel at 800 247-5074 or 845 446-473 1 to make your reservations. T he cost of the luncheon and the tour is $50 per person. Use the fo rm provided, call us at 91 4 737-7878 xOo r 800 22 1-6647 xO, fax us at 91 4 737-78 16, o r e-m ail us at nmhs@seahistory.org to sign up . Your early registration helps us plan th e day's events.
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I/we will attend the Annual Meeting and luncheon. Please reserve __ places at $50 each. J Please send me directions to the H otel T haye r. I D Please make me a Patron of the Annual Meeting. My $25 0 co ntribution includes two places at the luncheo n. (I will use _l _2 _ neither of these places .) Please make me a Sponsor of the An nual Meeting. My $ 1000 contribution includes two places at th e luncheon and a full -page listing in the Annual Meeting program. (I will use _l _2 _ neither of these places .) [.., I would like to help N MHS with this donation: _ __ [ My check fo r $_ _ _ is enclosed. NAME _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ ADDRESS _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
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10566; 914 737-78 16 (fax). You may also call us at 800 22 1-6647 xO or e- mail us at n mhs@seahistory.org.
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P RESIDENT'S M ESSAGE It is with sadness and regret that I must advise our members and readers th at as yo u receive this issue of Sea H istory I will have resigned as the National M ari time Histo rical Society's chief executive, and this is the last column that will carry my byline as your president. In at least on e respect, this will co me as a relief to o ur hard-wo rking, no-nonsense edi to r Justin e Ahlstrom, who inevitably has had to chase m e down fo r these three hundred words as sh e is going to press. I take this opportunity to tell her how much I truly appreciated her dedication and commitment to the cause of m aritime history and the highest editorial standards. Justine, in combination with Nor m a and Pete r Stanford, are a unique collection of talents in the m aritime history publish ing business and it h as been an hono r to have served as their "publisher. " Whatever m odest co ntributions I may have made to the life of the Society du ring my wa tch , I am co ntent ro let the verdict of hisrory decide, but I do want to express my special gratitude to yo u, our loyal mem bers, who have been the critical co re of our support during these difficult fin ancial times in the afrermath of 11 September. NMHS needs yo ur enthusiasm and enco uragement now mo re th an ever, and m y parting w ish for the Society is "May yo ur tribe increase and pros per! " While I have resigned as yo ur president, I remain, as I told th e trustees, "to tally co mmitted to the Society's vital m aritime missio n and its educatio nal programs." I w il l return to the ranks as an unpaid volunteer to suppo rt our fund-raising effo rts with a fo cus on our educatio n program and th e activities co nnected with the 225 th anniversary of the Am erican Revolution. T he pres idency of NMHS is, in all likelih ood, the las t full -time position of my wo rking career. In all of my endeavors, from my days as a lieutenant of Marines to the presidency of the Na tional Maritime Historical Sociery, my 7-24-365 operating style wo uld not have been possible witho ut the tender loving care of the "W arid' s G reatest Nurse," my wife, Elizabeth. T o her, I am eternally gratefu l. Semper Fidelis. PATRICK J. GARVEY
~ SEA HISTORY 100, SPRING 2002