From June 18 to 29, 2007, the Hampton Roads Naval Museum (HRNM) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) held a summer enrichment program, giving students the opportunity to experience being historians, archeologists, and marine-scientists. Named the “Cumberland Club,” after the shipwreck they would explore, these rising 8th grade students were selected to participate in the free summer program by writing essays that answered the question: “Why is history important?” The students are primarily from the largely underserved Norfolk Public School system. |