Rear Admiral (ret.) Samuel J. Cox is Director of the Naval History and Heritage Command with responsibility for US Naval historical programs, archives, and museums.
Admission to the lecture is free but a reservation is required. Places can be reserved through Hill Center three weeks before the lecture.
Since 2002, the Overbeck Project has presented four lectures per year by local historians, authors and scholars on the history of Capitol Hill and the larger Washington, D.C. community.
All lectures are open to the public and offered free of charge.