BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.0.5//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:93@harrisburgcwrt.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250314T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250314T213000 DTSTAMP:20241203T011137Z URL:https://harrisburgcwrt.org/events/david-g-farragut-and-the-battle-of-m obile-bay/ SUMMARY:David G. Farragut and the Battle of Mobile Bay DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Friday\, March 14\, as Dr. Craig L. Symonds\, one of the nation’s preeminent naval historians\, examines Rear Admiral David G. Farragut’s stunning and consequential victory in the epic Batt le of Mobile Bay.\nOn August 5\, 1864\, a federal fleet commanded by Farra gut\, the first admiral in the U.S. Navy\, attacked a smaller Confederate fleet led by Admiral Franklin Buchanan and three forts that guarded the en trance to Mobile Bay. \; Here Farragut is said to have uttered the imm ortal words\, “Damn the torpedoes\, full speed ahead!” (or words to th at effect). \; He accomplished what other naval officers had not been able to do at Charleston: \; run past the forts protecting the harbor and take command of the bay. \; In so doing\, he cemented his name in American naval history\, while denying the Confederacy its last important port on the Gulf of Mexico east of the Mississippi\, completing the blocka de of that region\, and hastening the end of the Civil War.\nDr. Symonds i s Professor Emeritus at the United States Naval Academy\, where he taught naval history and Civil War history for thirty years. \; From 2017 to 2020 he was the Ernest J. King Distinguished Professor of Maritime History at the U.S. Naval War College. \; He is the author of 17 books\, incl uding Decision at Sea\, Lincoln and His Admirals\, World War II at Sea: A Global History\, and most recently\, Nimitz at War. His works have receive d numerous awards\, including the Lincoln Prize\, the Roosevelt Prize\, an d the Dudley Knox Medal for Lifetime Achievement. \;  \;Now retire d\, he is much in demand around the country as a speaker on Civil War subj ects. He has spoken at Civil War Round Tables in twenty-seven states and t wo foreign countries.\nThose who are unable to attend this engagement in p erson are invited to tune in to the lecture and Q&\;A session via Zoom.  \; Click on the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83037646202 . \; No password in required. \; To dial in by phone\, call 1-301- 715-8592 or click on the following link:. https://us02web.zoom.us/u/keg2Wi THNe. \; \;The meeting ID # is 830 3764 6202. \; Zoom particip ants should join the meeting by 7:00 pm.\n \n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://harrisburgcwrt.org/wp-content/uploads/20 24/07/Craig-L-Symonds-photo.jpg LOCATION:Central Penn College Conference Center\, 600 Valley Road\, Enola\, PA\, United States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=600 Valley Road\, Enola\, P A\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Central Penn College Conferen ce Center:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR