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14th Annual Meeting Spring Lake, New Jersey

To the Very Roots of Life-Saving Service History

New Jersey can lay claim to a partial ownership of the birth of Life-Saving Service history. The first Congressional appropriations for "surfboats, rockets and carronades" that laid the foundation for the service came in respose to New Jersey shipwrecks and the heroics of local men. The first life-saving stations were built, in fact, in New Jersey. Join us for the annual meeting, and we'll take you right to the doorstep!

From September 29-October 2, 2010, USLSSHA will descend on Spring Lake, New Jersey, for the 14th Meeting of the organization. The preliminary itinerary follows:

Schedule at a Glance

Wednesday, September 29 - Director's meeting.

Thursday, September 30 -
8:30 am - Greetings and Introduction
              Fred Stonehouse, President, USLSSHA
9:00 am - "Overview of New Jersey's Role in the Formation of the USLSS"
              Tim Dring, Director, USLSSHA
10:00 am - "Overview of New Jersey Coast, Life-Saving Stations and Assigned Rescue Craft"
              Tim Dring, Director, USLSSHA
11:00 am - "History and Architecture of New Jersey's Life-Saving Stations"
              Wick York, Architectural Historian and Consultant
12:00 pm - Lunch
1:00 pm - TBA
2:00 pm - "The Short-lived Partnership Between the Life-Saving Service and the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History"
              John Galluzzo, Executive Director, USLSSHA
3:00 pm - TBA
4:00 pm - "Overview of Notable New Jersey Shipwrecks"
              Dan Lieb

Friday, October 1 -
9:00 am - "USLSS Historical Sites at the Sandy Hook Unit, National Park Service's Gateway National Historic Park"
              Tom Hoffman
10:00 am - "Coast Guard Rescue Efforts in the SS Morro Castle Disaster"
              Tim Dring, Director, USLSSHA
11 am to 5 pm - Bus trip to USCG Station Sandy Hook, Spermaceti Cove Life-Saving Station, former Seabright and Monmouth Life-Saving Stations and Long Branch Life-Saving Stations

Saturday, October 2 -
9:00 am - Annual Meeting of the USLSSHA
10 am to 5 pm - Bus trip to New Jersey Shipwreck Museum in Wall Township and Museum of New Jersey Maritime History in Beach Haven
7:00 pm - Annual Membership Dinner

Lodging

Conference sessions will be held at InfoAge, 2201 Marconi Road, Wall Township

Hotel rooms have been reserved at Courtyard by Marriott, Monmouth Shores, Wall Township.
Alternate lodging choices include: Rodeway Inn, Wall Township; and the following bed and breakfast inns in Spring Lake: Victoria House, Spring Lake Inn, Ashling Cottage, Sandpiper Inn, Normandy Inn, Ocean House.

More details will be forthcoming in future editions of Wreck & Rescue Journal, and here on-line. For more information, contact John Galluzzo at johnjgalluzzo@hotmail.com or 781-724-7131.

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Annual Meeting

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