Cincinnati Civil War Round Table member Gary Johnson will speak to the organization for the second time at its January meeting. As a follow-up to his unforgettable March 2008 presentation on the Confederate submarine CSS Hunley, Gary’s interest in Civil War naval history continues with a presentation about the Union’s Monitor class ironclads. Two interests combined to guide Gary to giving a talk on ironclads. First, he has a keen interest in the history of technology and its impact on the people using it. Second, the Monitors share some operational similarities to submarines. As part of the research for the talk, Gary visited the Monitor Center at the Mariner’s Museum in Newport News, Virginia, where the gun turret and some of the parts of the USS Monitor are being conserved after their recovery from the ocean floor off the North Carolina coast.

There is a guest fee of $5 to help cover meeting hall expenses.

Location: Conference Center in the West Pavilion at Drake Center, 151 West Galbraith Road, Cincinnati OH

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