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EVENTS

Future Dates TBD

Future events will be listed here.

Past Events

Luncheon: Tuesday, 4 October 2022

Reception - 1130hrs

Luncheon - 1200hrs


Downtown Historic Philadelphia

THE HONORABLE JOHN F. LEHMAN, PhD

Secretary of the Navy 1981-1987 

Member of the 9/11 Commission 

1989 & 2003 Winner of the RADM Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature

John Lehman is Chairman of J.F. Lehman & Co., a private equity investment firm and a Director of Verisk, Inc. and EnerSys Corporation. Previously he served as Secretary of the Navy, President of Abington Corporation, staff member to Henry Kissinger on the National Security Council, a member of the 9/11 Commission and the National Defense Commission and served for 25 years in the Naval Reserve.


A graduate of St Joseph’s University (BS), Cambridge University (MA) and the University of Pennsylvania (PhD), he is an Hon. Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, an author of many books, including Oceans Ventured: Winning the Cold War at Sea, On Seas of Glory, Command of the Seas and Making War, Chairman of the Princess Grace Foundation and a member of the Board of Overseers of University of Pennsylvania’s School of Engineering.

BATTLE OF MANILA BAY REMEMBRANCE 2022

On 30 April 2022, Jonathan C. Jones and Richard S. Sperry, Commander and Vice Commander of the Philadelphia/Delaware Valley Commandery, joined members from several cmmanderies of the Naval Order who met at the USS Olympia to celebrate the Battle of Manila Bay (May 1st). The USS Olympia is located at Penn’s Landing, Philadelphia. The annual celebration commemorates one of the most decisive battles of the United States Navy, liberating the Philippines from the Spanish during the Spanish-American War. Commodore George Dewey commenced the battle with his command, “You May fire when ready, Gridley.” Dewey was later awarded by Congress the highest rank in the United States Navy: Admiral of the Navy. He later served as Commander General of the Naval Order from 1907-1917.  Pictured are Don Schuld, Vice Commander General-Membership, Jonathan C. Jones, Commander and Richard S. Sperry, Vice Commander. 

NEW YORK CITY PICKLE NIGHT

VIRTUAL EVENT

Thursday, 5 November 2020


The American Friends of the National Museum of the Royal Navy

    Cordially Invite the Naval Order of the United States

    To Join in a Virtual Live Event


Event:  New York City Pickle Night


Time:  1800hrs

Location:  Virtual Event - Registration Required


Click here to register.

Luncheon: Monday, 13 January 2020

Reception - 1130hrs

Luncheon - 1200hrs


Downtown Historic Philadelphia

CAPT SCOTT ANDERSON, USCG

Commander, US Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay and Captain of the Port of Philadelphia

Port Security in Philadelphia and the Delaware Bay

Captain Scott Anderson, Commander of US Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay and Captain of the Port of Philadelphia, oversees 750 Coast Guardsmen and 2,000 Auxiliary volunteers, who provide marine safety, security and environmental protection across Eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware out to 200 miles offshore.


A graduate of the Coast Guard Academy, he has a Masters in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering from the University of Michigan and served on the USCGC Polar Star, tours at Marine Safety Offices at Houston, New Orleans, and Memphis, Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, Lower Mississippi, Upper Mississippi, St. Lawrence Seaway and since 2015 Philadelphia as Sector Commander Delaware Bay.

Luncheon , Monday, 23 September 2019

Reception - 1130hrs

Luncheon - 1200hrs


Downtown Historic Philadelphia

GERALD J. GALLAGHER

VIGNITTESS OF MAJOR-GENERAL SMEDLEY D. BUTLER, USMC

Born in West Chester, PA in 1881, General Butler, saw action in the Philippines, China, Central America and France in World War I and was the most decorated Marine in US history receiving the Medal of Honor twice and the Marine Corp Brevet Medal. He also served for 2 years as the Director of Public Safety in Philadelphia during Prohibition tackling the notoriously corrupt police and fire departments. 


Gerald Gallagher, a graduate of Holy Cross and the University of Virginia, served as Director of the Philadelphia Police Museum for 25 years. An independent scholar, he has been inducted into the Legion of Honor of the Chapel of the Four Chaplains, the Pennsylvania and American Police Hall of Fame and is a founding member of the National Army Museum at Fort Belvoir. He was also a longtime friend of General Butler’s son, Thomas. 

Luncheon: Monday, 22 July 2019


Recptions:  1130hrs

Luncheon1200hrs


Downtown Historic Philadel[hia

CAPT WILLIAM H.J. MANTHORPE, JR , USN (RET)

HREE REVOLUTIONARY BATTLES ON THE DELAWARE RIVER


William Manthorpe, a graduate of the Naval Academy, served as a naval intelligence officer and as a Senior Executive in the Office of CNO and as Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence before retiring as a Captain. He subsequently lectured at Johns Hopkins, taught at the National War College and the National Intelligence College. He also has been researching, speaking and writing on the Naval Heritage of Delaware and has written 2 books: A Century of Service: The US Navy on Cape Henlopen, Lewes, Delaware 1898-1996 and Ships named Delaware: Those Who Built Them and Sailed in Them.

VICTORY AT MANILA BAY - Sunday, 28 July 2019

121st Anniversary of the Battle of Manila Bay

USS OLYMPIA C-6

Penn's Landing


1130 hrs aboard USS Olympia


Lunch follows at Rope & Anchor Restaurant

Luncheon, Wednesday 30 April 2019

Reception:   1130hrs

Luncheon:  1200hrs

Downtown Philadelphia

CHRIS GLEESON

Anti-Submarine Warfare in the Cold War

Chris Gleeson, a Founder Emeritus of Trinity Financial Partners in Berwyn, is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) and American College of Financial Services. Previously he spent 9 years as a Naval Aviator flying anti-submarine warfare missions in the North Atlantic. By 1990 the Soviet Union had a submarine force of 260 boats, many missile equipped with nuclear weapons, presenting a significant threat to United States national security. Our aircraft carrier Hunter Killer/ Anti- Submarine Warfare (ASW) groups played a major role in countering that threat. Today, the submarine forces of Russia, China, Iran and North Korea pose an even more challenging threat requiring ongoing ASW vigilance.

Luncheon, Monday 14 November 2018

11:30hrs  Reception

12:00hrs. Luncheon


Downtown Philadelphia

JOHN MAURER

Alfred Thayer Mahan Professor of Sea Power and Grand Strateg

Naval War College

WINSTON CHURCHILL, NAVAL POWER

AND THE GREAT WAR:  LESSONS FOR TODAY



Luncheon

Monday, 10 September 2018

Reception:  11:30hrs

Luncheon:  12:00hrs

SETH CROPSEY

“Seablindness, American Sea Power Predicament Today”

Dr. Seth Cropsey is Director of the Hudson Institute’s Center for American Seapower. A

graduate of Harvard-St. George’s School, St. John’s College and Boston College, he

worked for Fortune Magazine, then as Assistant to Secretary of Defense Caspar

Weinberger and subsequently as Deputy Undersecretary of the Navy in the Reagan and

Bush Administrations. Since 1994, he has worked for the Heritage Foundation,

American Enterprise Institute, the George C. Marshall European Center, Greenberg 

Traurig, and George W. Bush Administration.


His articles have been published by Commentary, Foreign Affairs, The Public Interest,

National Review, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal. His first book, Mayday, was

a wakeup call for naval unpreparedness as is his current book, Seablindness.  

Additionally, he retired from the Naval Reserve as Lieutenant Commander.

For more information or to make a reservation,  please email the Commander, Jonathan C. Jones at jjones@jonessearchgroup.com . 


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Luncheon

Monday, 9 July 2018

Recpetion:  11:30am

Luncheon:  12:00pm

HON. JOHN F. LEHMAN, PhD

Secretary of the Navy (1981-987)

OCEANS VENTURED

Winning the Cold War at Sea

When Ronald Reagan took office in January 1981, the United States and NATO

were losing the Cold War. The USSR had superiority in conventional weapons and

manpower   in   Europe,   and   had   embarked  on   a   massive   program   to   gain   naval

preeminence. But Reagan already had a plan to end the Cold War without armed

conflict.  Reagan  led  a  bipartisan  Congress  to  restore American  command  of  the

seas   by   building   the   navy   back   to   six   hundred   major   ships   and   fifteen   aircraft

carriers. He adopted a bold new strategy to deploy the growing fleet to northern

waters around the periphery of the Soviet Union and demonstrate that the NATO  

fleet could sink Soviet submarines, defeat Soviet bomber and missile forces, and

strike aggressively deep into the Soviet homeland if the USSR attacked NATO in

Central Europe. New technology in radars, sensors, and electronic warfare made

ghosts of American submarines and surface fleets. The United States proved that it

could effectively operate carriers and aircraft in the ice and storms of Arctic waters,

which no other navy had attempted. The Soviets, suffocated by this naval strategy,

were forced to bankrupt their economy trying to keep pace. Shortly thereafter the

Berlin Wall fell, and the USSR disbanded. In “Oceans Ventured”, John Lehman

reveals for the first time the untold story of the naval operations that played a major

role in winning the Cold War.


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Wednesday, 23 May 2018

75th Anniversary of the Commissioning of the USS New Jersey

Sister Organization Event

Battleship New Jersey

62 Battleship Pl, Camden, New Jersey 08103


10 AM – 11 AM


The Battleship will celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the Commissioning of the USS New Jersey into the United States Navy with a ceremony on the forecastle on Wed., May 23 at 10am.

  

WWII veterans and other VIPs will say a few words. The rencelty reinstalled Quad 40 Gun will be officially dedicated. We will also have music, dedicate a new gun to the ship's arsenal and even share cake with all in attendance at this free ceremony.


Click here for pictures of this event.

120th Anniversay of the Battle of Manila Bay

USS Olympia, Philadelphia

Saturday, 28 April 2018

11:30 hrs

Commenoration and Tour Aboarrd USS Olympia


Luncheon:  Rope and Anchor Restaurant

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"And any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile, I think can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction:  

"I served in the United States Navy.”  -  John Fitzgerald Kennedy, US Navy Lieutenant & 35th President of the United States



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