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Event
Place
Coming up for 2009

The ship is open Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Weekends, weather permitting. See below for a full calendar of events.

Ship

Thursday,
June 11,
7 pm - 8:30 pm

(board at 6:30)

1st Bay Area WWII Home Front Film Festival! The first of 6 all-time great war films, presented on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month thru August, aboard the SS Red Oak Victory, Hold #4. Kickoff the series with the best of them all: Casablanca. $5 donation to board ship ($4/seniors). Introduction by National Park Service Park Ranger. Popcorn and other refreshments! Sponsored by the Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park & the Richmond Museum Association.

Ship

Hold 4

Father's Day, Sunday, June 21 Pancake Breakfast. We can't think of a better Father's Day treat.
9 am to 1 pm, as usual.
Ship
Thursday, June 25, 7-8:30 pm 2nd film of the WWII Home Front Film Festival! See the one and only Gary Cooper, in Sergeant York. Ship
Friday, July 3 4th of July celebration. Have dinner aboard ship and then watch Richmond's fireworks display from the after deck. Food, a ringside seat for a fine display, and it's easy getting in and out. Reservations required. Everything for just $25/person. Boarding starts at 6 p.m.. Send check to: PO Box 1267, Richmond, CA 94802. No tickets will be mailed out: when boarding, your name will be checked off a roster. Call the museum or the ship if you have questions. Ship
Thursday, July 9
7-8:30 pm
3rd film of our film festival! Mrs. Miniver (Greer Garson and
Walter Pidgeon)
Ship
Thursday, July 23
7-8:30 pm
4th film! Action in the North Atlantic Ship
Sunday, August 9,
9 am to 1 pm
Pancake Breakfast Ship
Thursday, August 13, 7-8:30 pm A double feature in our film series: Air Raid Wardens and Nothing but Trouble, starring Laurel and Hardy. Ship
Thursday, August 27, 7-8:30 pm

The last film in the series! Frederick March, Myrna Loy, Dana Andrews, and Hoagy Carmichael in The Best Years of Our Lives

Ship
Sunday September 13, 9 am to 1 pm Pancake Breakfast Ship
Sunday, October 11
9 am to 1 pm
Last Pancake Breakfast of the year. Fleet Week celebration. Ship
Sunday, November 8, 2 pm Combined Celebration: 65th Anniversary of the launch of the ROV/Veterans Day Ship

Pancake breakfast on deck.
Pancake Breakfast on the ROV -
Photo by David Moore

Pancake breakfast on deck.

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