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Water Witch Work

21Jul2010

The USS Water Witch recreation will be temporarily closed for additional work, including the construction of the dock and “water” surrounding the ship, signage and finish work on deck. We apologize for any inconvenience resulting from the temporary closure, but look forward to the improvements!

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Port Columbus Receives National Award

22Jun2010

The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) has chosen Port Columbus as a recipient for a Leadership in History Award of Merit for the USS Water Witch Project. According to AASLH, the Leadership in History awards are given: “…to establish and encourage standards of excellence in the collection, preservation and interpretation of state [...]

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Dahlgren Howitzer lands at Port Columbus

17Jun2010

An original Dahlgren rifled boat howitzer arrived at Port Columbus on Wednesday, June 16, thanks to a cooperative venture involving the US Army and Navy historical branches.  Curators from both branches worked to make the transfer of this  howitzer from the US Artillery Museum at Fort Sill, Oklahoma to the US Navy History and Heritage [...]

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MCSD Teachers Have a Blast at Port Columbus!

02Jun2010

Muscogee County School District teachers fired the museum’s original Civil War cannon during a Professional Learning Class today at Port Columbus. The teachers seemed to enjoy the experience immensely, and followed the gun captain’s orders quite well!

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Memorial Day at Port Columbus

25May2010

This Monday, Port Columbus will host a Memorial Day commemoration in honor of the Sailors and Marines who gave their lives during the Civil War, as well as all other veterans. At 1:00 p.m., we will hold a brief memorial followed by a cannon salute. This is a FREE event. Please come join us to [...]

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Sea Ghosts this Thursday

25May2010

May Ghost Tour coming at Port Columbus on Thursday. There are still slots available for Thursday’s monthly ghost tour at the naval museum. These popular tours always include recordings made in recent paranormal investigations at the museum, played in the locations where they were made making a unique and fresh tour. For more info, please [...]

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Welcome To Port Columbus’ brand new website!

12Sep2007

Now that the naval museum has a new website, we invite your comments on how it is working. The museum staff is very excited about this site and feels that it should serve the website visitor well. But, this is only the beginning. We are working on the store section of the site right now [...]

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