It's All About the USS Monitor in Andover, Massachusetts-- Part 1

From the March 15, 2022, Andover Patch  "Monitor vs. Merrimack--  Local connections to the Battle of the Ironclads, 1862" by Brian Howard.

It will be at the Stevens Center on the Common at 800 Massachusetts Avenue in North Andover, Massachusetts.  Cost just $10.

On March 9, 1862, the Union Navy's USS Monitor clashed with the Confederate ram CSS Virginia  in Hampton Roads, Virginia.  This even marked a major turn in naval warfare and local ties to the event abound here in Andover. 

The North Andover Historical Society will be recognizing the 160th anniversary with historians and descendants of  the USS Monitor's commanding officer, Lt. (later rear admiral)  John L. Worden.

(I'm not sure of North Andover's connection to the USS Moniyor.)

--Old B-Runner