Commemorating the US Navy's Amphibious Training Base Solomons, Maryland

Schedule

August 11, 2007
10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Cradle of Invasion: Events

10:00am - 5:00pm Exhibits inside and outside

11:00am Driving tour of Solomons – Richard Dodds, Curator of Maritime
History will guide the tour

Noon USMC Historical Company presents: Marching through time
(lecture/demonstration – following the progression
of technology to the individual sailor and Marine spanning the
War of 1812 era, the WWII era, and the modern era)

1:00pm Recollection Roundtable

2:00pm USMC Historical Company (as above)

3:00pm Recollection Roundtable

3:30 - 4:30pm Cradle of Invasion Cruise on the Wm. B. Tennison – the tour will
be guided by Frank King

5pm Dedication of “On Watch” Monument at the Calvert Marina, Dowell Road with a reception to follow at Asbury Solomons