The 2022 National Maritime Awards Dinner
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The National Press Club • 27 April • Washington, DC
Distinguished yachtsman, television commentator, and past president of US Sailing and the National Sailing Hall of Fame, Gary Jobson will be master of ceremonies. The US Coast Guard Academy Cadet Chorale will be performing, and the Combined Sea Services Color Guard will present colors. The honorees will be featured in videos produced by award-winning documentarian Richardo Lopes and Voyage Digital Media. The NMHS Washington Invitational Art Gallery, hosted by acclaimed marine artist Patrick O’Brien, will showcase a variety of contemporary art (enjoy a preview on pages 16–19).
photo by vernon young jr., nmhs collection
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ark your calendar for this spirited event in our nation’s capital! After a lively virtual celebration last year, the National Maritime Historical Society is delighted to return to the National Press Club this spring to honor three remarkable catalysts of the maritime heritage community and recognize their outstanding contributions to our maritime heritage. Dinner chairs Amy Lent and Samuel Byers, along with founding dinner chairman Philip J. Webster and NMHS chairman CAPT Jim Noone, USN (Ret.), invite you to join us at the 11th National Maritime Awards Dinner in Washington, DC, as we celebrate Lonnie G. Bunch III, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution; Kristen L. Greenaway, President and CEO of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum; and Dr. David F. Winkler, Naval Historical Foundation historian. This festive annual gathering of America’s maritime community in our nation’s capital is an opportunity to salute our country’s maritime heritage, while we honor three individuals who exemplify excellence in the museum and cultural heritage fields.
The US Coast Guard Academy Cadet Chorale, directed by Dr. Robert Newton, performing for the 2019 National Maritime Awards Dinner at The National Press Club.
Lonnie G. Bunch III
photo by lauren gerson/lbj library
Lonnie Bunch will be recognized with the NMHS Distinguished Service Award for his outstanding contributions to the public understanding of the maritime passage of enslaved Africans to America, and the subsequent relationship of African Americans with the sea. This prestigious award is proffered in recognition of Bunch’s many outstanding projects, including exhibits, media productions, and his leadership in the creation of important programs, such as the Slave Wrecks Project and the Center for the Study of Global Slavery. Of the work of recovering slave ships and bringing these stories to the public, Bunch has said, “You realize that it’s about much more than a research endeavor, more than a museum exhibition: it’s about recognizing that slave trade is not about yesterday as much as it is about today and tomorrow for so many people…. One 12
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