Library Friends Events
Captain Charles Melville Scammon and the Farallones Egg War
Tuesday, Jaunary 10, 2012, 6:00 p.m.
In the Library
Researcher Eva Chrysanthe will talk about the adventurous and brutally successful whaler Captain Charles Melville Scammon, who, among other things, served as "boat cop" for the Farallones during the egg poaching battles of 1863.
For reservations, please call 415-561-7040, or contact the Friends at melani_van_petten@partner.nps.gov.
The Cruise of the Shenandoah
Tuesday, February 28, 2012, 6:00 p.m.
In the Library
Taking up where the sunken C.S.S. Alabama left off, the Confederate raider C.S.S. Shenandoah played havoc with the U.S. commercial fleet in the Pacific, capturing or sinking 38 ships and taking thousands of prisoners during her nine-month voyage of destruction. As a part of our observation of the sesquicentennial of the Civil War, we will trace the Shenandoah's 27,000 mile cruise, ending when she fired the final shot of the war--three months after Lee's surrender.
For reservations, please call 415-561-7040, or contact the Friends at melani_van_petten@partner.nps.gov.