Navy Holds Lego Shipbuilding Event

The 8th annual Lego Brick by Brick Shipbuilding event was held on Feb. 2, at the Hampton Roads Naval Museum. Over 100 sailors volunteered to help at the free event which allows kids to build Lego models of current and historic Navy ships. Just over 5,000 people attended this year's event. Laura Orr, director of education for the museum, said the event "started as an idea to teach kids about the Navy and shipbuilding, and emphasizes the learning principles of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) with Lego shipbuilding, robotics and programming." For more details, see this Military.com story.