The tale: the Confederate Submarine H. L. Hunley was the first submarine ever to sink an enemy warship. But the sub and its crew never made it back to dry land. The mystery: why did it sink? The controversy: even the location of its watery grave was unknown for over a century, and a controversy exists about who first discovered its location. Come join us to reveal answers to both mystery and controversy. We’ll reveal the rest of the Hunley story including an extremely delicate recovery of the fragile remaining hulk of the Hunley, which now resides on display in a Charleston museum, the proper burial of the brave crew, and more details of this fascinating story.

Myles Standish, Ph.D. in astronomy from Yale, spent most of his career at Caltech’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, providing accurate planetary positions to the spacecraft navigation team as well as to the world’s major almanac offices. He has spoken at professional meetings, astronomy departments, civic groups, and was a guest lecturer on the Queen Mary II. Asteroid “3420 Standish” was named in his honor.