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Reservations are required. 
Seating is limited, please call 631-854-4974 to reserve your place!

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* Sunday, January 11
Long Island During the American Revolution: The Battle of Long Island and the British Occupation  
  Book sale & signing to follow 
  Lecturer: Bill Bleyer, Author & Newsday Staff Writer (Retired)
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   Sunday, January 18: CANCELLED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER
Runaway at Sea - Book sale & signing to follow
 Lecturer: Margreit Maitland, Author
 
  Sunday, January 25: CANCELLED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER
America’s Coastal Cargo Schooners and a Family History
 Lecturer: Captain Harold "Harry" Stumme
 
  Sunday, February 1
Queens of the Bay: Early Yacht Clubhouses on the Great South Bay
Lecturer: James Ralston

  Sunday, February 8: RESCHEDULE
America’s Coastal Cargo Schooners and a Family History
 Lecturer: Captain Harold "Harry" Stumme
 
                                                 * Sunday, February 15                                                
   Washington Crossing the Delaware: Emanuel Leutze's Masterpiece
         Lecturer: Alice W. Iglehart, Museum Educator   
 
                                                 * Sunday, February 22                                                
                                         The Drafting of a Radical Idea – The Declaration of Independence                                  
      Lecturer: Dr. Tara Rider, Stony Brook University   

* Sunday, March 1
    Proving Ground on the Sound: The Story of Bushnell's Submarine & HMS Eagle
    Lecturer: Joshua Donohue

* Sunday, March 8: CANCELLED DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES
Hart's Tavern - Book sale & signing to follow
Lecturer: Elaine Kiesling Whitehouse, Author

   Sunday, March 15
The Digital Scanning of Oyster Sloop Priscilla
Lecturer: Carl Persak, PE, WEDG

*​ Sunday, March 22
The Story of HMS Culloden: Sunken History on Long Island 
Lecturer: Eco-Photo Explorers

* Sunday, March 29
The Whaleboat 1776 Project: The History Behind and the Building of the Whaleboat Caleb Brewster
Lecturer: John Janicek, The Long Island Seaport and Eco Center
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​Sunday, April 12
Demystifying Jaws: A Decade of Shark Research and Conservation in Coastal New York
Lecturer: Dr. Oliver Shipley, Stony Brook University

* Sunday, April 19
George Washington's 1790 Grand Tour of Long Island 
Lecturer: Dr. Joanne S. Grasso

​* Sunday, April 26
The Revolution's Impact on Long Island
Lecturer: Dr. Jennifer L. Anderson, Stony Brook University

* Sunday, May 3
The Culper Spy Ring: The Lasting Legacy of Long Island’s Revolutionary Roots
Lecturer: Kimberly Phyfe, Three Village Historical Society
 

* Part of the Long Island Maritime Museum's Celebration of America's 250th Anniversary 

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​Special Thanks

We are incredibly grateful to the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation for the generous support they provided through their 250th Commemoration Grant. This funding helped make much of our special programming possible.

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Coffee & pastries generously provided by Idle Hour Deli of Oakdale
Lectures are free for members
Non-members $10 ​

Please check www.limaritime.org  for cancellations due to weather.