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This Thursday, April 24th, the Charleston Food Film Festival kicks off the Charleston Food Film Festival at Patriots Point on the USS YORKTOWN's flight deck. The three-day Festival’s special opening...
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This past weekend, Patriots Point received a Vietnam-era 1967 Marine Corps CH-46D helicopter as is the newest addition to Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum's Vietnam Naval Support Base exhibit...
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Starting this month , Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum is honoring the 50 th Anniversary of the Vietnam War by kicking off its major expansion of the Vietnam Naval Support Base exhibit. The new...
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The Patriots Point Development Authority (PPDA) Board has published a Request for Proposals and Qualifications (RFP) for prospective tenant-developer respondents for approximately 50 acres of highland...
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Your students are out of school, and you are both looking for something cool to do in the off months. The Patriots Point’s Flight Academy Summer Camp will help them hone their STEM and leadership...
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On May 26, 2014 Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum will observe Memorial Day with a special event titled: “Letters from the Front” USS YORKTOWN, Hangar Bay III 9:30 AM-10:30 AM The public is...
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Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum crews have started painting the newest addition to the Vietnam Experience Exhibit. The Kaiser Jeep M725 was the ambulance version of the M715 US military vehicle...
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The Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum is commemorating the special 70 th anniversary of D-Day by hosting a symposium that will feature two guest speakers, one who was on board the USS LAFFEY the...
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Mount Pleasant, S.C. –The Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum has been awarded a Certificate of Excellence from the travel website Tripadvisor.com. The recognition is based on the consistent high...
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Celebrate the Fourth of July on board one of the most historic warships in the United States, the USS YORKTOWN on the Charleston Harbor at Patriots Point. Tickets for the Fourth of July Blast are now...
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Several former crew members of the USS LAFFEY are back onboard their former ship. The men will be spending the next few days walking in the footsteps of their past at Patriots Point. The LAFFEY...
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More than 300 people came out to commemorate the 70 th anniversary of D-Day Friday evening on board the USS YORKTOWN at Patriots Point. The Naval and Maritime Museum’s symposium featured two guest...
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Friday, June 27 th more than 100 vintage, antique and collector cars participating in The 2014 Hemmings Motor News Great Race will roll into the Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum, landside of...
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The Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum has donated 50 day passes to a VA mental health program that helps veterans recover from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The program is called...
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Flying a F-35B fighter jet is no easy task, just ask any one of the dozen or so 11-15 year olds who have been learning to fly the aircraft in the Patriots Point Flight Academy all week. The young...
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Fifteen US Navy aircraft carriers (including Yorktown CV-10) participated in the largest carrier vs. carrier battle of the war; the Battle of the Philippine Sea (19-20 June 1944). Often called “the...
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The 15 th annual Military Order of the World Wars’ (MOWW) Youth Leadership Conference (YLC) is officially underway on the USS YORKTOWN. The 75 participants are among the brightest in their class and...
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Flight deck tickets to this year’s 4 th of July Fireworks Blast are officially sold out, however, there is still plenty of free landside seating available. Those wishing to view the firework show...
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On Friday, June 27 th thousands lined up on both sides of the “old road” at Patriots Point to welcome the 2014 Hemmings Motor News Great Race to Mount Pleasant. The drivers competing in the race took...
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MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. – Hurricane Arthur is just a small bump on a long road for 75 young men and women who are biking across seven states in just three weeks. On Saturday, June 21 the group of bicycle...