The Aurora Navy League Council 247 will hold its monthly dinner meeting Tuesday, July 17 at Grandma’s Table Restaurant, 1700 Douglas Road, Montgomery, just north of U.S. Route 30.
The after-dinner speaker will be Lieutenant John Lindstedt, USN (Ret.) whose topic will be The 41 For Freedom: How the Polaris Missile Submarine Fleet Helped Win the Cold War.”
A reception will begin at 5:15 p.m., followed by dinner at 6 p.m.. The dinner will include a choice of three entrees, fish, chicken, or beef, soup or salad, dinner rolls, vegetables, dessert, and nonalcoholic drink. The cost is $20 all-inclusive. Alcoholic drinks can be purchased separately. A fourth, lower cost entree, a dinner salad, may be purchased for $12.. It includes soup, dinner rolls, dessert, and nonalcoholic drink.
You do not need to be a member of the Navy League, or have a reservation, to attend the meeting. The general public is welcome.
The 41 for Freedom is the history of the development and deployment of the Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarine used by the United States to protect its homeland. Forty-one vessels were manned by 25,000 men over a 33-year period.
— Aurora Navy League Council 247