YACHTS THAT WENT TO WAR: learn about yachts from the Gilded Age, which were turned into warships during the Spanish-American War. In 1898, the United States Navy needed more ships, and they needed them quickly to fight the Spanish in Cuba. Turning to America’s yachtsmen, thirty-eight elegant yachts became warships. Many went into combat and several became famous, with careers lasting decades. This is their amazing story.
** PUBLIC IS WELCOME / RESERVATIONS REQUIRED **
Where: Shell Point Community; the Grand Cypress Room in The Woodlands [15101 Shell Point Blvd., Fort Myers, FL 33908]
Dates: May 17th
When: 10am to 11:30am [a different topic each day]
Contact: Call tel # 239-489-8472 to reserve your spot
Cost: $10 per person per session
The Lee County Genealogical Society Summer Picnic [Private]
Thursday, 7/21/16 @ 11:30am-1:30pm
Lunch, Talk Topic: “Planning A Research Trip” & Book Signing
Cypress Lake Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall
8260 Cypress Lake Drive Ft. Myers, FL 33919
Email genhelp@lcgsfl.org for info
http://lcgsfl.org
POSTPONED DUE TO THREAT OF HURRICANE MATTHEW
[new date: January 30, 2017]
Shell Point’s Academy on The Go presents Robert Macomber for a two hour boating presentation:
“Steaming Back into Time on the Peace River” ~ a voyage back into history
on the fabled Peace River with stories of Charlotte Harbor and the Peace River
during the Civil War; learning about the Kentucky colonel who created
the town of Punta Gorda after the war; finding out how
a railroad mogul from Connecticut made it the major town in the region;
and discovering facts about a special kind of rock in the Peace River Valley
which created untold wealth at the end of the 1800s.
The Military Officers Association of SW Florida