by Joshua Gray, PDD
Coast Guard Museum Chair
August 2025
President Phil Stender, SDGER Rick Palanzo and his wife Karyn, Hoop Shoot Chair Mike Stewart and his wife Sharon, State Public Relations Chair Rich Poole, State Chaplain Peter Nelson, and Museum Chair Josh Gray visited the headquarters of the National Coast Guard Museum Association on Sunday, August 17th, 2025, to present the second of five $50,000 checks to CAPT Wes Pulver (USCG, ret) on behalf of the Connecticut Elks Association. The leadership received a presentation focused on the next stages of construction, and update on the exhibits that will be featured in the museum, and a walking tour of the construction site. Construction is well underway with the steel beam structure rising high above the nearby train station, and and the museum will become the second tallest structure in all of New London! The CEA will be back with Grand Exalted Ruler Bryan Klatt during his visit in September.
