Special Event: National Park Service Campfire Talks–USS Monitor – Past, Present, and Future
Shelter 5 Colonies RV and Travel Park 501 Fenwick Road, Fort Monroe, VA, United StatesIt was March 9th, 1862, when a cheesebox on a raft fought right off the shores of Fort Monroe in the first battle where iron met iron. USS Monitor, the nation’s first ironclad, engaged the Confederate ironclad CSS Virginia in the Battle of Hampton Roads in a valiant attempt to save the Union. Join Shannon Ricles, education and […]