Tuesday, July 21, 2015
Rockport Navy Weekend
Each July, the
coastal town of Rockport hosts the U.S. Naval Academy Offshore Sail Training Squadron Navy Committee on Rockport Navy Weekend.
This event is ably hosted by the Rockport Navy Committee (RocNavCom) and
the town of Rockport, with the assistance of many volunteers and families that
host midshipmen.
This year, the Naval Academy midshipmen and their
advisors were joined by sailors from the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery,
Maine, the USS Constitution, and the
Navy Band from Newport, R.I.
The sailors and midshipmen participated in a
kickball game with Rockport children, a softball game, and a benefit pancake
breakfast. On Saturday and Sunday, a uniformed
gun team gave demonstrations of a 5,800 pound 1812 USS Constitution replica long
gun.
Once again this year I had the opportunity to meet
with the midshipmen, the Navy personnel, host families, committee members and
volunteers, and to thank them for providing us with a tremendous opportunity to
learn about each other, while also thanking those serving in the Navy for their
service to our nation.
I hope you will consider joining us next year for
some or all of the events that make this a very special weekend. To learn more about the committee and its
work, please visit http://www.rocnavcom.org/. Posted below are some photos I captured of
Sunday’s activities at the Sandy Bay Yacht Club.
