To commemorate the upcoming 300th Anniversary of the loss of the 1715 Fleet, the Fleet Society has purchased a Time Capsule which will be buried on Friday, July 31, 2015. Vero Beach has been chosen as the venue for the final resting place of the 1715 Fleet Society Time Capsule. The Indian River County Chamber of Commerce, Tourism
By popular request, we’re posting below a copy of the agenda for the 300th Anniversary Conference on the 1715 Plate Fleet. The conference will be held on July 28th and July 29, 2015 at the Leonhardt Auditorium, Vero Beach Museum of Art, Vero Beach, Florida. There are numerous presentations over the course of the 2-day Conference,
The Fleet Society is happy to announce that songwriter and publisher, Sam Milner, and his wife Seajay, will be one of two groups performing at the Commemorative Banquet at Captain Hiram’s Inn & Resort on Thursday, July 30, 2015. We have sampled some of Sam’s and Seajay’s work and we think that they will be
Hello Fleet enthusiasts, this is Craig – I’m the web admin for the new 1715FleetSociety.com. Ben asked me to send a quick note to everyone letting you know that 1715 Treasure Fleet Commemoration Week Tickets for the 300th Anniversary Commemoration Conference and Banquet are on sale now. Tickets can be purchased directly from this site for
1715 Fleet Commemoration Week Updates Indian River County Main Library announces new schedule for the 1715 Fleet Commemoration Week events. Indian River County Main Library, through the efforts of Pam Cooper, Supervisor of the Archive Center and Genealogy Department, has been very pro-active in scheduling events during Commemoration Week, July 26, 2015 to August 2,
We were pleased to receive a letter from the Mayor of Ft. Pierce, Florida (Linda Hudson) inviting the Fleet Society and its members to visit Ft. Pierce in conjunction with the upcoming 300th Anniversary of the loss of the 1715 Fleet. Fleet Society Director, Ben Costello, contacted Mayor Hudson to acknowledge receipt of her kind
Commemoration Week is just a few short months away and we’re posting an official schedule of events for each day of the week from July 26 to August 2, 2015. The Commemoration Week Schedule can be seen here in text form, downloaded as a graphic PDF, and each event is also highlighted on our official
