ANNUAL CONFERENCE

ANNUAL CONFERENCE, 2010

"New Bern—A Maritime City of Distinction"

September 30 to October 2, 2010

The Council organizes a conference in a different region of the state each year. This year’s conference concentrates on the maritime history and culture of New Bern, which is celebrating its 300^th Anniversary, and is centered around historic Tyron Palace.

The conference starts Thursday evening, September 30^th, with a reception at the Commission House and a compelling program on maritime decorative arts. E,xplorer and one of the founders of New Bern, John Lawson, greets the conference Friday morning followed by a series of nautically related programs. The afternoon offers tours of Tyron Palace, the last surviving North Carolina sharpie Ada Mae, and the Dixon and Stanly Houses. The schedule will allow participants to enjoy all three tours.

Friday evening’s dinner will be at the Chelsea Restaurant, rated one of the best in New Bern. Craig Symonds, one of the best Civil War naval historians in the country, will make the keynote speech.

Saturday morning offers more intriguing history programs, including an update from the Queen Anne’s Revenge Lab. The conference concludes with a close look at Tyron Palace’s brand new 60 million dollar history center.

Optional Post-Conference Tour: On Saturday afternoon we offer participants a tour of Hatteras Yachts in New Bern. There is limited accommodation and preregistration is required.

Keynote Presentation

	"The Civil War at Sea in North Carolina"
	Dr. Craig L. Symonds
	Professor Emeritus, U.S. Naval Academy

Craig L. Symonds is Professor Emeritus at the United States Naval Academy where he taught Naval History and Civil War History for thirty years. His most recent book, Lincoln and His Admirals: Abraham Lincoln, the US Navy and the Civil War, won the Benjamin Barondess Award of the Civil War Roundtable of New York and the Lincoln Prize in 2009.

A native of Anaheim, California, Symonds earned his B.A. degree at UCLA and his Masters and Ph.D degrees from the University of Florida. He came to the Naval Academy in 1976 and enjoyed a thirty year career there. He was named Teacher of the Year in 1988 and the Researcher of the Year in 1998, chairing the History Department from 1988 to 1992.

Symonds is the author of twelve books and the editor of nine others. In addition, he has written over one hundred scholarly articles in professional journals and popular magazines as well as more than twenty book chapters in historical anthologies. His books have won the Daniel and Marilyn Laney Prize, the S.A Cunningham Award, the Theodore and Franklin D. Roosevelt Prize, and the John Lyman Book Prize three times.

Registration

Registration for the conference costs $105.00. A special rate of $65.00 is available for full-time students and school teachers (supporting documentation required).

Conference Accommodations

The Comfort Suites and Bridge Pointe Hotel and Marina are offering group rates.

Comfort Suites $109.00 city view

Cut off date, September 9 $119.00 river view

$134.00 river view with balcony

Bridge Pointe $80.95 plus tax for single or double occupancy.

Cut off date, September 1

There are numerous excellent Bed & Breakfasts in historic New Bern and a host of additional hotels. Please click on www.tryonpalace.org or just “Google” New Bern for a complete list of accommodations.

Directions

Information coming soon