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Welcome to the New York Commandery of the Naval Order of the United States. The New York Commandery hosts a number of educational and social events throughout the year, and builds comradery between its companions in support of the naval services. Membership in the Naval Order is by invitation only. If you have an interest, join us at one of our events.

MISSION STATEMENT

To encourage research and writing on naval and maritime subjects, preserve documents, portraits and other records of prominent figures deeds and memories of our naval and maritime history, and through fellowship of our members advance the Naval Order's unselfish service and worthy aims for the security and enduring well-being of our country. To foster, among all American citizens, informed interest in the Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and Merchant Marine, with the understanding that their efficiency is essential to national security and that readiness to make victory in war certain and speedy will deter aggression and minimize dangers to world peace.

Bob Ulrich is a local historian in the Mid-Hudson Valley and has been a frequent instructor at many area lifetime learning programs, including Bard College, Mount St. Mary College, Marist University, SUNY New Paltz, and Vassar College. He has appeared as a guest lecturer at the local chapter of the Military Officers of America Association, as well as Friends of the Fishkill Supply Depot, the Fort Montgomery Historical Site, the Henry Wallace Center at the FDR Presidential Library and Museum in Hyde Park, New York, the Poughkeepsie Lions Club, the Dutchess County and Wappingers Falls Historical Societies, the West Point Club (for Road Scholars), Mohonk Mountain House, the North Jersey American Revolutionary Round Table, and the libraries in Stockbridge, MA, and Millbrook and Lagrange, NY.

A graduate of Cornell University, with a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering and Master’s degrees, and an MBA from Columbia University, he served two years of active duty in the US Army Signal Corps, holding the rank of Captain. His interest in the local history of the Hudson Valley and America began soon after his retirement from 30 years with IBM in the Mid-Hudson Valley. He presently focuses on early American history, from the Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam through the end of the Revolutionary War. His "storytelling" approach is enhanced by his effective use of both historic and contemporary images, to illustrate his presentations.

Naval Order of the United States New York Commandery

WELCOME ABOARD

MISSION STATEMENT

MARCH 2026 LUNCHEON

Monday, 2 March 2026

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