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PROGRAM OF EVENTS: HERMIONE VOYAGE 2015: DRAFT 5: April 12, 2015
Pre-departure:​
France:
April 8:
Colloquium at France-Amériques, ​
"L'Hermione, Un Nouveau Défi".
April 14:
Event at U.S. Embassy in Paris (details tbc).
April 18:
Grand departure for the U.S. Official ceremony. Fireworks display facing the d'Aix.
Yorktown: June 5-7, 2015 (Fri-Sun)
Lead-up and legacy events:
March 14:
Day of Honor for the Marquis de Lafayette in Virginia, established by House Joint
Resolution 797 (2015 and every year thereafter)
April – June
Poitou Charentes exhibit to be displayed at Christopher Newport University
Library in main lobby
April 22:
Public panel on the Hermione Voyage at Christopher Newport University (tbc).
April 25:
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Annual Parade of Nations at the Norfolk NATO Festival (Norfolk, VA) will include a float
representing the Hermione, entered by Norfolk’s French military community.
May 1 - 31
York County Library: ​
“Liberty in Full Sail”​
exhibit, focused on L’Hermione and 18th Century
ships, Lafayette, and the French Alliance, incorporating Poitou​
Charentes Exhibit Panels.
​
Weekly educational seminar series with sessions for children and adults to be held each
Thursday.
May-June 7:
Hermione Film Festival
Christopher Newport University and other Yorktown area. Venues tbd.
June 4-7
American Friends of Lafayette, Annual Meeting​
at Virginia's Historic Triangle
(Williamsburg / Yorktown / Jamestown). Keynote speech on Friday June 5 by AFL member
and FoHLA Maritime Director Marc Jensen who will be on the Hermione as she sails from
Rochefort to Yorktown. AFL private tour of the Hermione on Saturday morning.
June 5:
9:00-10:30am:
Arrival Ceremony
Grand entrance of the Hermione into Yorktown City Harbor.
21-cannon salute by the Sons of the Revolution. Musical tributes.
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Welcome Ceremony
Hon. Terry McAuliffe, Governor of Virginia and Honorary Chairman of the Hermione
Voyage to Virginia, General Jean-Louis Georgelin, Grand Chancellor of ​
la Légion
d'honneur, ​
and Gérard Araud, Ambassador of France to the U.S., preside over the
welcome ceremony. VA Secretary of Education Anne Holton also in attendance. Press and
public in attendance. Press conference and media interviews follow in the "Freight Shed",
at dockside. 'Voyage Rochambeau' in attendance.
10:45am:
Unveiling of the new W3R "York River" plaque.
11:30am:
Commemoration at French Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Memorial.
11:00-4:00pm:
Public visits the Hermione
30 min tours with docent/sailor Q&A at either gangway.
11:00-7:00pm:
Public Visits the Traveling Exhibit and the Heritage Village Traveling Exhibit
A photographic panel display of the history and reconstruction of the Hermione, and of the
role of Lafayette in the American Revolution.
Heritage Village
Hermione shipbuilding and colonial crafts demonstrations; Lafayette-Yorktown
reenactments (Sons of the Revolution); France/Poitou-Charentes food tastings; costumed
local musicians (CNU) performing songs of the American Revolution. Poitou-Charentes
tourism display and food tastings; other heritage and corporate booths tbd.
June 6:
Morning (TBC) - Private tour of the Hermione for American Friends of Lafayette in
conjunction with annual meeting
Possible WWII memorial event at the French Memorial, coinciding with D-Day (time tbc)
June 6-7:
9:00-4:00pm:
Public Tours of the Hermione
9:00-7:00pm:
Traveling Exhibit and Heritage Village open to the public
5:00-10:00pm:
Evening Sponsor Receptions:
June 7: York County 5:00-7:00pm
Möet Hennessy: 8:00-10:00pm
Mount Vernon: June 9, 2015 (Tue)
Hermione at anchor on the Potomac River. Public visits, pending Coast Guard approval.
Rolling of Moët Hennessy casks off the ship, up to Washington's Mt. Vernon. Observable from the dock.
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6:30pm​
:
Moët Hennessy Gala Dinner at Washington's Mount Vernon
With distinguished guests, joined by French and American dignitaries, to celebrate
Hermione Voyage 2015. To take place at the Mount Vernon Estate.
Lead up and legacy events:
March 12:
Michelle Smith Lecture Series, delivered by Laura Auricchio, Author of ​
Lafayette
Reconsidered
Hosted by the Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington
Robert and Clarice Smith Auditorium, Mount Vernon Library. Livestream available at
http://www.mountvernon.org/library/events-programs-calendar/michelle-smith-lecture-se
ries/
June 13-15:
Historical Conference on ​
"The European Role in the American Revolution"
Co-hosted by the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR), The Friends of
Hermione–Lafayette in America, Inc. and the Robert H. Smith International Center for
Jefferson Studies. For college and university-level history professors, graduate and
post-graduate students. Organized by Professor Andrew Jackson O’Shaughnessy of the
University of Virginia, distinguished guest speakers explore the role of Lafayette and the
European Friends of the American Revolution.
http://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/conferences-symposia​
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Alexandria, VA: Portal to Washington DC: June 10-12, 2015 (Wed-Fri)
Lead-up and legacy events:
April 3-Sept.6:
Exhibition, The Society of the Cincinnati, Anderson House​
,​
Washington, DC
“Lafayette​
and L'Hermione: Symbols of French-American Friendship"
The exhibition showcases the story of the Marquis de Lafayette from the Hermione's
voyage to the United States in 1780, with French support for General Washington, to the
inspiration for the reconstruction of the Hermione and the 2015 historic return voyage to
the US.
http://www.societyofthecincinnati.org/exhibit/upcoming
June 8-Aug:
Exhibition, The National Museum of the US Navy, Navy Yard, Washington, D.C.
Twin Destinies: The U.S. and French Navies.
The ​
Twin Destinies​
exhibition is the first-ever exploration of the parallel histories of the US
and French Navies of over 200 years -- how they developed over time, symbiotically,
sometimes in close amity, occasionally in hostility, and ultimately as strong allies in an
uncertain world.
Hermione at the Alexandria City Dock on the Potomac.
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June 10 (Wed):
9:00-10:30am:
Entry of the Hermione into the harbor. Welcoming Ceremony with American
(Mayor Euille) and French dignitaries tbc​
.
11:00-4:00pm:
Public visits the Hermione:
30 min tours with docent/sailor Q&A at either gangway
11:00-7:00pm:
Public visits the Traveling Exhibition and Heritage Events on the Alexandria Pier, behind
the Torpedo Factory Art Center.
Traveling Exhibition: ​
a photographic panel display of the history and reconstruction of the
Hermione, and of Lafayette in the American Revolution.
Hermione & Community Heritage Events:
Hermione shipbuilding and VA colonial crafts demonstrations
Lafayette reenactments
Opera Lafayette "troubadours" in 3 afternoon interlude concerts: music from Lafayette's
France and American songs and dances from the Revolutionary era.
Other events to be determined with Historic Alexandria and other local resources.
Possible reenactment by the Oneida Indian Nation.
11:30am:
Official Homage:
Organizer: The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America.
Dates tbc:
Official homage of America to the French heroes of the American Revolution:
In a ceremony coordinated by the Colonial Dames of America, America's historical and
revolutionary associations, together with representatives of the Rochambeau and
Lafayette families, will lay wreaths on the statues of Maréchal Rochambeau and Gerard
de Lafayette in Lafayette Square. The guns from Arlington cemetery will commence the
ceremony (tbc subject to NPS permission).
5:00-7:00pm:
Opera Lafayette Reception on board the Hermione
8:00-10:00pm:
Stanford Alumni Group Dinner on the Hermione
Evening, TBC:
W3 R-US sponsored dinner at Anderson House, headquarters of the Society of Cincinnati,
with Honorary Charimen Ambassador Araud and Miles Young and special guests; reception
preceding
June 11​
:
9:00-4:00pm:
Public visits the Hermione:
30 min. tours with docent/sailor Q&A at either gangway.
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11:00-7:00pm:
Public visits the Traveling Exhibition and Heritage Events on the Alexandria Pier, behind
the Torpedo Factory Art Center:
Traveling Exhibition: ​
a photographic panel display of the history and reconstruction of the
Hermione, and of Lafayette in the American Revolution.
Local Heritage Events at Torpedo Park (behind the dock):
Historic shipbuilding and colonial crafts demonstrations
Lafayette reenactments
Opera Lafayette "troubadours" in 3 afternoon interlude concerts: music from Lafayette's
France and American songs and dances from the Revolutionary era.
Other events in development with Historic Alexandria and the Oneida Indian Nation.
5:00-10:00pm:
Host sponsor receptions on board the Hermione (available)
June 12​
:
9:00-4:00pm:
Public visits the Hermione:
30 min. tours with docent/sailor Q&A at either gangway.
11:00-7:00pm:
Public visits the Traveling Exhibition and Heritage Events on the Alexandria Pier, behind
the Torpedo Factory Art Center:
Traveling Exhibition: ​
a photographic panel display of the history and reconstruction of the
Hermione, and of Lafayette in the American Revolution.
Local Heritage Events at Torpedo Park (behind the dock):
Historic shipbuilding and colonial crafts demonstrations
Lafayette reenactments
Opera Lafayette "troubadours" in 3 afternoon interlude concerts: music from Lafayette's
France and American songs and dances from the Revolutionary era.
Other events in development with Historic Alexandria and the Oneida Indian Nation.
5:00-10:00pm:
Host sponsor receptions on board the Hermione (available)
Annapolis: June 16-17, 2015 (Tue-Wed)
Hermione at Annapolis City Dock
Lead-up and legacy events​
:
Hermione Film Festival in various venues arranged by the City. Dates tbc.
Hermione Panel Exhibition from Poitou-Charentes at the U.S. Naval Academy Museum, then on the pier
during and following the Annapolis visit.
June 16:
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9:00-10:30am:
Welcoming Ceremony with American and French officials:
Annapolis Mayor Mike Pantelides and Vice Admiral Walter “Ted”
Carter Jr., Superintendent, U.S. Naval Academy, presiding (tbc).
11:30am, tbc:
Sons of the Revolution wreath-laying at the Fallen French Soldiers Monument, St. John's
College Parade from the port reception to follow.
11:00-4:00pm:
Public visits the Hermione:
30 min tours with docent/sailor Q&A at either gangway.
11:00-7:00pm:
Public visits the Hermione Panel Exhibition from Poitou-Charentes and Heritage Events
on the pier.
Heritage Events:
Historic shipbuilding and colonial crafts demonstrations
Lafayette reenactments
3 afternoon interlude concerts by Rochefort's ​
Les Vents Marines​
: French and American
seafaring songs from the American Revolution to today, with public sing-a-longs. Joint
concerts with Oyster Boys (tbc).
Other events in development with the City of Annapolis and Historic Annapolis.
5:00-10:00pm:
Sponsor reception on board the Hermione (Sodexo).
June 17:
9:00-4:00pm:
Public visits the Hermione:
30 min tours with docent/sailor Q&A at either gangway.
9:00-7:00pm:
Public visits the Hermione Panel Exhibition from Poitou-Charentes and Heritage Events
on the pier.
Local Heritage Events:
Historic shipbuilding and colonial crafts demonstrations
Lafayette reenactments
3 afternoon interlude concerts by Rochefort's ​
Les Vents Marines​
: French and American
seafaring songs from the American Revolution to today, with public sing-a-longs.
Other events in development with the City of Annapolis and Historic Annapolis.
5:00-10:00pm:
Evening sponsor reception on board the Hermione.
FINS - reserved but unconfirmed.
Baltimore: June 19-21, 2015
Hermione at Constellation Pier 1, moored next to the USS Constellation and Museum
June 19:
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9:00-10:30am:
Entry of the Hermione into the harbor. Welcoming Ceremony with American
and French officials: Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings presiding (tbc).
11:00-4:00pm:
Public visits the Hermione:
30 min tours with docent/sailor Q&A at either gangway.
11:00-7:00pm:
Public visits the Hermione Panel Exhibition from Poitou-Charentes and local heritage
events on the pier.
Heritage events:
Historic shipbuilding and colonial crafts demonstrations
Maryland regiments and fife and drum corps
Lafayette reenactments
3 afternoon interlude concerts by Rochefort's ​
Les Vents Marines​
: French and American
seafaring songs from the American Revolution to today with public sing-a-longs.
Other events in development with Preservation Baltimore and the Baltimore National
Heritage Area.
5:00-7:00pm​
:
Host Sponsor reception on board the Hermione (available).
8:00-10pm:
Möet Hennessy Reception on board the Hermione.
June 20:
9:00-4:00pm:
Public visits the Hermione:
30 min tours with docent/sailor Q&A at either gangway.
9:00-7:00pm:
Public visits the Hermione Panel Exhibition from Poitou-Charentes and Local Heritage
Events on the pier.
Special student tours organized with Frederick Douglass Maritime Museum/Living
Classrooms.
Heritage events:
Historic shipbuilding and colonial crafts demonstrations
Lafayette reenactments
3 afternoon interlude concerts by Rochefort's ​
Les Vents Marines​
: French and American
seafaring songs from the American Revolution to today with public sing-a-longs
Other events in development with Preservation Baltimore and the Baltimore National
Heritage Area.
Potential memorial plaque project (Robert Reyes) – (tbc).
5:00-7:00pm:
Host sponsor cocktail reception on board (available).
8:00-10:00pm:
Host sponsor dinner on board (available).
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June 21:
9:00-4:00pm:
Public visits the Hermione:
30 min tours with docent/sailor Q&A at either gangway.
9:00-7:00pm:
Public visits the Hermione Panel Exhibition from Poitou-Charentes and Local Heritage
Events along the pier.
Heritage events:
Historic shipbuilding and colonial crafts demonstrations; Lafayette reenactments.
3 afternoon interlude concerts by Rochefort's ​
Les Vents Marines​
: French and American
seafaring songs from the American Revolution to today with public sing-a-longs
Other events in development with Preservation Baltimore and the Baltimore National
Heritage Area.
5:00-7:00pm:
Host sponsor cocktail reception on board (available).
8:00-10:00pm:
Host sponsor dinner on board (available).
Delaware
Lead-Up and Legacy events:
June 7
Talk & Tea sponsored by Hagley Museum, George Washington Society, and Kalmar Nyckel
Foundation, in Wilmington, DE. 3-5 PM. $35 per person: geowashingtonsoc@aol.com June 24 (tbc)
Delaware ​
sail-by, W3R picnic. ​
Kalmar Nyckle salute.
Philadelphia
June 25 (tbc):
Sail-by, Fort Mifflin: W3R Conference (dates and venue tbc)
June 25-28:
Hermione at Penn’s Landing, Independence Seaport with Tall Ships America
Part of the TSA Philadelphia/Camden Festival:
http://tallshipsphiladelphia.com/festival/overview/
Lead-Up and Legacy events:​
Lafayette College
April-Sept:
Hermione Panel Exhibition from Poitou-Charentes, Skillman Library.
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Spring, 2016:
Major Lafayette Exhibition, drawn from the Lafayette College Collection of manuscripts,
graphics and paintings.
May 23rd:
Miles Young receives Honorary Degree at Annual Degree Ceremony.
(tbc):
Sail-by Chester, PA ( ? )
June 25:
10:00-6:00pm
Tall Ships America Festival opens pier-side with period and historic shipbuilding crafts,
and performances throughout the day.
Hermione Traveling Exhibition and Heritage Village open to the public:
Heritage Village, complementing TSA Festival, will offer Lafayette reenenactments,
demonstrations of rope-making and sail-making for the Hermione reconstruction and other
events (tbd) organized by the Philadelphia Hermione Committee with the W3R and
Lafayette Society.
Time TBC:
Parade of Sail with Tall Ships America.
5:00-7:00pm tbc
Tall Ships including the Hermione open to public tours, organized by TSA.
8:30pm:
Philadelphia Camden Reception on board the Hermione (TSA).
p.m.:
L'Hermione, La Grand Fête: Gala Dinner at Seaport Museum​
.
June 26:
9:00-5:00pm:
Tall ships including Hermione open to public visitation, organized by TSA.
9:00-7:​
00pm:
Tall Ships America Festival.
Hermione Traveling Exhibition and Heritage Village:
Heritage Village, complementing TSA Festival, will offer Lafayette reenactments,
demonstrations of rope-making and sail-making for the Hermione reconstruction and other
events (tbd) organized by the Philadelphia Hermione Committee with the W3R and the
Lafayette Society.
6:00-10:00pm:
Homage to the Continental Congress Lunch on board the Hermione in 1781:
An evening reenactment of the 1781 Continental Congress lunch with Lafayette and
Washington on board the Hermione. Special "Cur Non" cocktail and period amuses
bouches on board, followed by a curated historic dinner recreated by Chef Walter Staib (​
A
Taste of History​
TV program) at the 18th c. City Tavern where Washington and Lafayette
met.
7:30pm:
Möet Hennessy Reception on board the Hermione.
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June 27:
9:00-4:00pm:
Tall ships including Hermione open to public ​
visitation, organized by TSA.
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:00-7:00pm:
Tall Ships America Festival.
Hermione Traveling Exhibition and Heritage Village
Heritage Village, complementing TSA Festival, will offer Lafayette reenactments,
demonstrations of rope-making and sail-making for the Hermione reconstruction and other
events (tbd) organized by the Philadelphia Hermione Committee with the W3R and Society
of Lafayette.
6:00-8:00pm:
Lafayette College Reception on board the Hermione
8:30-10:30pm:
Host sponsored dinner on board (available)
June 28:
11:00-4:00pm:
Tall ships including Hermione open to public ​
visitation, organized by TSA.
5:00-7:00pm:
Florida FOHLA Reception on board the Hermione
8:00-10:00pm:
Philadelphia Camden Reception on board the Hermione
New York: July 1-4, 2015
The Hermione at South Street Seaport.
Lead-up and Legacy events​
:
April 22-23:
"​
Lafayette":
World première of a play by Ian Curteis based on the letters between the young Lafayette,
from America and his wife, Adrienne de Noailles. Florence Gould Hall/French Institute
Alliance Française.
April 22:
Le Skyroom (FIAF). Opening night benefit reception with celebrity French chef dinner
following the performance.
May 29-Aug. 16:
Lafayette’s Hermione – ​
Exhibit at The New-York Historical Society
Exhibit draws on the museum's rich collection of Lafayette and American Revolutionary
manuscripts, painting, graphics, and other illustrative material from the period, as well as
objects from Lafayette's house at La Grange, France, never before seen in the U.S. Items
lent from other museums/academic archives include precious manuscripts from Skillman
Library at Lafayette College. Formal opening June 1st.
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June 20:
"George Washington and La Fayette: a masonic legacy": lecture by M. Alain de Keghel at
the Grand Lodge of New York, 23rd Street, 5:00pm to 7:30pm.
July 1:
9:00-10:30am:
Dockside Welcoming Ceremony with American and French officials, led by Minister
Ségolène Royal, Mayor of Rochefort ​
Hervé Blanché,​
and Mayor Bill De Blasio (tbc).
10:30-noon:
VIP Reception. Venue tbd.
11:00​
am (tbc):
New York Historical Society opens teen-curated Lafayette/Hermione Exhibit on Governor's
Island
1:00-4:00pm:
Ambassador Craig Stapleton hosts distinguished guests on board (tbc).
5:00-7:00pm:​
Host sponsor reception on board (available).
8:00-10:00pm:​ Host sponsor reception on board (available).
July 2:
9:00-4:00pm:
Public visits the Hermione:
30 min tours with docent/sailor Q&A at either gangway.
9:00-4:00pm:
Public visits the Traveling Exhibition and the Heritage Village.
Traveling Exhibition: ​
a photographic panel display of the history and reconstruction of the
Hermione, and of Lafayette in the American Revolution.
Heritage Village:
Hermione shipbuilding and colonial crafts demonstrations
Lafayette reenactments, uniformed regiments and fife and drum corps
Poitou-Charentes tourism display and food tastings
Other heritage and corporate booths tbd.
Potential commemoration in Lower Manhattan (tbc).
5:00-10:00pm:
Möet Hennessy Reception on board
7:00pm:
Central Park Summer Stage:
"Break à Mozart":​
Music and dance performance from Poitou-Charentes
​
Early music ensemble of the Orchestre des Champs Elysées and Accrorap
(Hip Hop) Dance Company: Choreographer Kader Attou.
July 3:
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9:000-4:00pm:
Public visits the Hermione:
30 min tours with docent/sailor Q&A at either gangway.
9:00-4:00pm:
Public visits the Traveling Exhibit and the Heritage Village.
Traveling Exhibition: ​
a photographic panel display of the history and reconstruction of the
Hermione, and of Lafayette in the American Revolution
Heritage Village:
Hermione ship building and colonial crafts demonstrations
Lafayette reenactments, uniformed regiments and fife and drum corps
Poitou-Charentes tourism display and food tastings
Other heritage and corporate booths tbd.
5:00-7:00pm:
Legion D’Honneur Award Ceremony.
8:00-10:00pm:
Host reception on board (available).
July 4:
9:00​
-3:00pm:
People’s Parade of Ships: Sail-by Salute past the Statue of Liberty.
New York Harbor/Verrazano Bridge to GW Bridge.
9:00-7:00pm tbc: Public visits the Traveling Exhibition and the Heritage Village.
Traveling Exhibition: ​
a photographic panel display of the history and reconstruction of the
Hermione, and of Lafayette in the American Revolution.
tbc:
Raising of the American and French flags at Bowling Green: ​
Ceremony to be organized by
the Lower Manhattan Historical Society.
Heritage Village:
Hermione ship building and colonial crafts demonstrations
Lafayette reenactments, uniformed regiments and fife and drum corps
Poitou-Charentes tourism display and food tastings
Other heritage and corporate booths tbd.
8:00-10:00pm:
United Water Host Sponsor Reception on board, for July 4th fireworks.
Greenport, LI: July 6-7, 2015
Lead-up and legacy events​
:
tbc:
French Hermione Photo Exhibition and Hermione in the North Atlantic at Eastport Sea
Museum.
The ​
Hermione at Greenport Marina with accompanying Tall Ships.
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July 6:
9:00-10:30am:
Welcome Ceremony with French and American dignitaries, including Mayor of
Greenport and Hervé Blanché, Mayor of Rochefort.
11:00-4:00pm:
Public visits the ship as part of the Tall Ships America fleet.
11:00-7:00pm:
Public visits the Hermione Traveling Exhibition, within the TSA Festival, and pier-ide
Heritage Events organized by the local TSA committee.
Heritage events:
Historic shipbuilding and colonial crafts demonstrations
Lafayette reenactments, regimental fife and drum corps
Other displays and performances (tbd) organized by the Mayoral committee for TSA
festivals.
5:00 - 7:00pm:
Greenport Private Reception on board.
8:00-10:00pm:
Host Sponsor Reception on board (available).
July 7:
9:00am-4:00pm:
Public visits the ship.
11:00-7:00pm:
Public visits the Traveling Exhibition, within the TSA Festival, and pier-side Heritage
Events organized by the local TSA committee.
Heritage Events:
Historic shipbuilding and colonial crafts demonstrations
Lafayette reenactments, regimental fife and drum corps
Other displays and performances (tbd) organized by the Mayoral committee for TSA
festivals.
5:00-7:00pm:
Host Sponsor Reception on board (available).
8:00-10:00pm:
Host Sponsor Reception on board (available).
Newport: July 8-9, 2015
Hermione at the Ft. Adams Pier.
Lead-Up and Legacy events​
:
April 28:
6:30-8:30pm
Miles Young to deliver presentation on the Hermione at US Naval War College in Newport
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June-Sept 2015:
Hermione Film Festival:
Salve Regina University and other Newport venues tbd.
July 8:
2:00-3:30pm:
Arrival Ceremony​
with French and American dignitaries including Hervé Blanché, Mayor of
Rochefort , U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse from Rhode Island, Commander P. Howe,
U.S. Naval War College at Newport, Fabien Fieschi, Consul General of France in Boston, and
Roger Begin, Honorary French Consul to Rhode Island. Followed by a ​
Navy War College
"VIP Welcome Reception" ​
hosted by Admiral Howe. Potential Lafayette interpreter will
recreate the ride on horseback from Providence to Newport, to open the festivities.
3:30-7:00pm
Heritage displays and performances along the Ft. Adams Pier and in downtown Newport,
with shuttle service between the two locations.
Highlights include performances and reenactments by the great RI and CT regiments
Lecture lunches within the Fort with private tour of the Hermione
Off-site VIP luncheon with a keynote speaker.
5:00-7:00pm:
Newport Historical Society Reception on board the Hermione.
8:00-10:00pm:
Host Sponsor Reception on board (available).
July 9:
9:00-4:00pm:
Public visits the Hermione:
30 min tours with docent/sailor Q&A at either gangway.
9:00-7:00pm:
Heritage displays and performances along the Ft. Adams Pier and in downtown Newport,
with shuttle service between the two locations.
Highlights include performances and reenactments by the great RI and CT regiments.
5:00-7:30pm:
then
Rotation of corporate and non-profit sponsors through the ship for private tours and
down to a tented reception dockside.
8:00-10:00pm:
Host Sponsor reception on board (available).
Boston: July 11-12, 2015
The Hermione will dock at Rowe's Wharf, in Boston's downtown financial and harbor district.
Lead-Up and legacy events:
June 1:
Benefit dinner honoring the cuisine of Poitou-Charentes, home of the Hermione:
Sponsored by the French Cultural Center of Boston on the eve of the opening of its
Adrienne de Noailles, Madame de Lafayette exhibit.
tbc:
Les Voules de Hermione: ​
French Consulate educational program.
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May-Sept.:
The Athenaeum, Boston: Hermione Lecture Series:
− June 17: Introductory Lecture with David Dearinger, 5:45pm
− June 23: Introductory Lecture with David Dearinger, 5:45pm
− June 30: Introductory Lecture with David Dearinger, 7:00pm
− July 21: Book Talk with Laura Aurrichio, 6:00pm
− August 5: Lecture, David Dearinger, ​
Lafayette in American Art, 6:00pm
− Sept. 8 or 10: Lowell Weiker lecture, tbc
− Sept. 9: Laurent Ferri Lecture, 6:00pm
− Gallery talks with curator: 6/24, 7/8, 7/22, 8/4, 8/19, 9/9
June 2 to tbc:
"Adrienne de Noailles, Madame de Lafayette" Exhibition at the French Cultural Center.
Curated by Laurent Ferri, Cornell University, and Sabine Renault Sablonniere, a direct
descendant of Lafayette, author of ​
Les Memoires Imaginaires d’Adrienne.
June 17-Sept 27:
"Lafayette: An American Icon", signature exhibition at the Boston Athenaeum:
Norma Caldewood Gallery. Curated by David Derringer.
June 18, time tbc: Boston Camerata: ​
"Patriots and Heroes: Music of Young Lafayette":
Concert at the Boston Athenaeum.
July 11:
9:00-10:30am:
Rowe's Wharf Welcome Ceremony:
With American and French dignitaries including Boston city official (tbc), Hervé Blanché,
Mayor of Rochefort and Fabien Fieschi, General Consul of France to Boston.
Possible
parade
led by the Honorable Artillery Company and mass pealing of church bells.
11:00-4:00pm:
Public visits to tour the Hermione:
With sailors guiding the way and engaging visitors at either gangway with stories of the
sailing to America on an 18th-century frigate.
11:00-7:00pm:
Traveling Exhibition and Hermione Heritage Village on the Greenway:
Across from Rowe's Wharf.
Traveling Exhibition:​
a photographic panel display of the history and reconstruction of the
​
Hermione, and of Lafayette in the American Revolution.
Heritage Village:
Hermione ship building and colonial crafts demonstrations
Lafayette reenactments, uniformed regiments and fife and drum corps
Poitou-Charentes tourism display and food tastings
Other heritage and corporate booths tbd.
Noon-2:00pm:
VIP lunch honoring the mayors of Lafayette namesake cities (tbc)​
:
At Parkman House, the former Mayoral residence of Boston.
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5:00-7:00pm:
Moët Hennessy Reception on board the Hermione.
7:30-9:30pm:
Feature film from the ​
Hermione Film Festival​
at outdoor cinema near Rowe's Wharf.
TIme TBC:
Recreation of a late 18th century French dinner:
In honor of Lafayette on the eve of his departure to Boston on the Hermione, in 1780. At
The Boston Athenaeum to benefit Hermione Voyage 2015 and its historic return to Boston.
8:00-10:00pm:
Host Sponsor Reception on board the Hermione (available).
July 12:
9:00-4:00pm:
Public visits to tour the Hermione:
With sailors guiding the way and engaging visitors at either gangway with stories of the
sailing to America, on an 18th-century frigate.
9:00-7:00pm:
Traveling Exhibition and Hermione Heritage Village on the Greenway
Across from Rowe's Wharf.
Traveling Exhibition: ​
a photographic panel display of the history and reconstruction of the
Hermione, and of Lafayette in the American Revolution
Heritage Village:
Hermione shipbuilding and colonial crafts demonstrations
Lafayette reenactments
Uniformed regiments and fife and drum corps
Poitou-Charentes tourism display and food tastings
Other heritage and corporate booths tbd.
5:00-7:00pm:
Moët Hennessy Reception on board the Hermione
7:30-9:30pm:
Feature film from the ​
Hermione Film Festival​
at outdoor cinema near Rowe's Wharf.
8:00-10:00pm:
Host Sponsor Reception on board the Hermione (available).
CASTINE, ME: July 14-15, 2015
Lead-Up and legacy events​
:
July 11-12:
Revolutionary War encampment at Fort George
Saturday and Sunday only.
Dates tbc:
Lecture Series at the MMS Delano Auditorium:
− Paul Mayewski: What would it be like to sail across the Atlantic on Hermione in 1780,
1880, 1980 and now
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Dates tbc:
Neil Pettigrew: Modern Oceanography Accompanies Hermione’s Crossing of the
Atlantic
Warren Reiss: Maritime Aspects of the American Revolution in Maine: Patriots, British,
Loyalists, and Wabanaki
Liam Riordan: Franco-Patriot Revolutionary Alliance
Exhibition at Castine Historical Society (CHS).
July 14:
2:00pm:
Hermione arrives.
3:30-5:00pm:
and
Opening Ceremony at Castine Historical Society and the Town Common with American
French dignitaries, tbd:
− Parade of boats accompany Hermione
− Church bells ring to welcome Hermione
− Parade down Main Street
− Welcome ceremony and remarks from dignitaries
− Bastille Day music and dancing on the waterfront
− Bastille Day specials in restaurants and shops
− Bastille Day fireworks
July 15:
9:00-4:00pm:
Public tours of the Hermione
9:00am-10:00pm: Festival continues at the town dock:
− Waterfront Festival All day and evening
− Maine-made vendors, food booths, wine & beer tasting
− Stage and tent at the town dock with Acadian, French and traditional American music,
dance, storytelling, interactive art projects, outdoor film screening
− Tent and stage on the Commons adjacent to CHS with music, dance, storytelling, art
projects, film screenings
− Educational programs at local & neighboring schools
− Local stores, galleries, inns and restaurant special offerings
− Historical kayak, boat and walking tours
− Additional lectures, concerts & events sponsored by local organizations.
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