Veterans, active duty military, and their guests are invited to join Rockport Yacht Club members at a Veterans Commemorative Mess Dinner (patterned after the Naval Mess Dinner) on November 11, 2024 at Copanos Restaurant in Rockport. This is a formal black tie or military mess kit or evening wear for spouses.
Veterans and active-duty military are invited to attend at no charge (registration is required). Guests and non-veteran RYC members may attend at a cost of $75.00 per person.
You may also sponsor one or more veterans by going to the SPONSOR A VETERAN event site.
This event is sponsored by the Rockport Yacht Club and Copanos restaurant.
MENU
Respect and protocols do apply. Refer to "The Naval Mess Dinner" for the rules and discipline that will apply. This is in good faith and humor.
A "Dining-In" or "Mess Night" is a military formation, as old and as rich in tradition as the quarterdeck or the mounting of the guard, and as essential to a close-knit, smooth performing unit as are drills, inspections and military ceremonies. Throughout the messes of the world, military men meet to honor their regiments, ships, standards, battles and dead. It is significant to note that irrespective of nationality, these mess formations vary in form only so much as do the traditions of the military organizations. It cannot be too strongly emphasized that Mess Night is not a party in any sense; it is very similar to honors, for its purpose is to solemnly pay tribute to all of those intangibles for and by which the military unit stands.
Yacht Club