dr. holloway: well, good morning. >> good morning. dr. holloway: good to see you all here. i hope that you will find that there is something in it. we will be looking today at the uss monitor. -- this isronclad likely a vessel you are all familiar with. perhaps you discovered her in the course of your research or riding. studded -- may have studied her. perhaps you studied the merrimack or the virginia when you were younger. you know the story, the trope told so many times over how the attacked themack fleet, making short work of the anderland in congress striking fear into the hearts of all who saw her or even imagined her. the next day a small and quirky vessel, known as a rat trap, erickson fell folly -- erickson's folly, the monitor hampton roads and naval history. though that battle itself was a draw, the import of that day reverberated around the world just as sure as the heavy and ponderous pounding reverberated through hampton roads. so, you know this story. so that story i will not elaborate. the story i want to tell about is the intersessional -- interstitial stor