Lectures

David Barnhill and Stephen Rueff- Spies and Space  David Barnhill and Stephen Yogi Rueff are creators of the Spies and Space, which will be shown at the museum this summer. Their discussion will highlight the years after WWII from 1947 to 1991, when the United States and the Soviet Union were dubbed “superpowers”. As each […]

Elyse Graham - Book and Dagger - How Scholars and Librarians became the unlikely Spies of WWII Elyse Graham will discuss the untold story of the academics who became OSS spies, invented modern spycraft, and helped turn the tide of the war. At the start of WWII, the U.S. found itself in desperate need of […]

David S. Foglesong - From Allies to Enemies: Truman, Stalin and the Start of the Cold War In April 1945, not long after Harry Truman succeeded Franklin Roosevelt as President, US, British, and Soviet troops met at the Elbe River and celebrated their impending victory over Nazi Germany. Two years later, just a month after […]

Ron Janowski – The Cold War: Decades of Division and Diplomacy “The Cold War,” a broadbrush, but comprehensive presentation covering the major events of the Cold War from 1947 – 1989. Highlighting the long timespan and complex interplay between The United States and the Soviet Union spanning 4 decades. Lieutenant Colonel (US Army Retired) Ron […]

Dr. Rowland Brucken - The Bretton Woods Conference  The Bretton Woods Conference, formally known as the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference, was the gathering of 730 delegates from all 44 allied nations at the Mount Washington Hotel, in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, to regulate what would be the international order after the conclusion of […]

Edna W. Cummings - 6888th, Central Postal Directory Battalion The U.S. Army’s 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion was the only all-minority, all-female Women’s Army Corps (WAC) unit to serve overseas during World War II. The primary mission of the “Six Triple Eight,” as the unit was popularly known, was to sort the two- to three-year […]