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Friday, June 8th Noon - 8 PM
Saturday, June 9th Noon - 9:30 PM 
Sunday, June 10th Noon - 6 PM
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Parade of Sail Viewing Locations now listed with hours! http://www.opsail2012virginia.com/participating-ships/parade-of-sail

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Tickets on Sale now for the Virginia Arts Festival Finale & OpSail 2012 Virginia Opening Night Gala- Virginia Symphony On the High Seas: A Musical Voyage 

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TCC Planetarium presents "Navigating with the Stars: Search for Longitude"

FREE in Virginia Beach, 7:00pm.  Special program to show attendees how sailors at the time of the War of 1812 had to rely on the stars to navigate the open waters.  For directions and more information, please visit http://www.tcc.edu

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OpSail 2012 VirginiaTM Adopt a Ship Program: Bringing History Alive for Virginia Students

05/30/2012

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OpSail 2012 VirginiaTM Adopt a Ship Program:

  Bringing History Alive for Virginia Students 

NORFOLK, Va. – (May 30, 2012) – All across Virginia students are engaging in a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to interact with the OpSail 2012 Virginia™ international fleet through the Adopt a Ship programOpSail 2012 VirginiaTM,in partnership with the US Navy,will present an international maritime festival from June1-12, 2012 commemorating the Bicentennial of the War of 1812. In order to encourage awareness of theWar of 1812 and foster diplomacy, OpSail 2012Virginia™ invited public, private and home schools statewide to participate in the Adopt a Ship program. Over4,000 students from 66 different schools and youth organizations across Virginia have spent the last year learning about theWar of 1812 as well as studying their adopted ship and country. 

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Norfolk, VA 23510
Ph: 757-441-2345 ext. 6000
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Karen Scherberger, Executive Director
Hank Moseley, Director, Maritime Operations
Joella Adams, Director of Programs, Education & Tourism

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