Subject Files--U. S. S. Tulip

Archive

-

St. Mary's County Historical Society, Leonardtown, MD

Name/Title

Subject Files--U. S. S. Tulip

Entry/Object ID

1985.002.0303

Scope and Content

1 folder ; 11 3/4" x 9" On November 12, 1983, the Sons of Confederate Veterans held a commemoration ceremony at the site of the memorial to the sailors of the U. S. S. Tulip who are buried there. The Tulip, a lighthouse tender refitted as a gunboat to interdict smuggling, exploded when a faulty boiler ruptured as the ship began a journey back to Washington to be repaired. At the ceremony, members of the First Maryland infantry regiment, a re-enactment group, fired the usual salute. Mr. Beitzell gave a short history of the event, but it is not here. Captain Garland Skinner, U.S. N. gave a short speech. Frederick McCoy gave an invocation and benediction in his capacity as chaplain of the Sons .... Letter of November 4, 1983 from David Hammett to Mr. Beitzell telling him he encloses a tenative copy of the program Program for the ceremony on November 12, 1983 at 1:00 pm Copy of the speech by Garland Skinner--may be the original because it is in large font and double-spaced News photo of the gun salute published in the Enterprise on November 16, 1983 There are other pictures in Mr. Beitzell's photo box that will eventually be described in the database

Collection

Edwin Warfield Beitzell Collection

Archive Details

Primary Language

English

Archive Items Details

Date(s) of Creation

1983

Location

Container

Edwin Beitzell Collection, Box 2A

Shelf

Rack 09, Shelf 1

Rack

Rack 09

Wall

North wall

Room

Archives 2

Building

Tudor Hall

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Hammett, David

Person or Organization

McCoy, Frederick Louis (1915-1990)

Person or Organization

Skinner, Garland F.