Lectures

Doug Most - Launching Liberty This enduring book tells the heroic, gripping, yet overlooked story of one of World War II's monumental achievements—the building of America's fleet of Liberty ships. With the shadow of war looming large over American life in 1940, President Franklin D. Roosevelt knew it wasn't a matter of if the United […]

Christine Kuehn - Family of Spies: A World War II Story of Nazi Espionage, Betrayal and the Secret History Behind Pearl HarborFamily of Spies: A World War II Story of Nazi Espionage, Betrayal and the Secret History Behind Pearl Harbor It began with a letter from a screenwriter, asking about a story. Your family. World […]

The Freese Brothers Big Band - Honor, Reflect, Remember: The Tunes of the War Years A special musical program to honor America's 250th birthday. Cost:  Members $12, Non-Members $16

Randy Otto as Winston Churchill  Renowned Churchill-ian Scholar, Randy Otto has carefully honed his humorous, poignant and astonishingly relevant tribute to Winston Churchill - who a Price Waterhouse Cooper CEO […]

The Story of the von Trapp Family presented by Bob Stafford Stay tuned for updated information

Alex Kershaw - Escape the Deep In the early morning hours of October 24, 1944, the legendary U.S. Navy submarine Tang was hit by one of its own faulty torpedoes. […]

Beth Forrest - WWII & Society, A History of food during WWII and its influence on our Society Join us to learn the history of how the Culinary Institute of […]

Laura Kroy - The Shopkeeper of Alsace When WWII comes for her family, Sarah thinks she’s read. She’s had training, after all, coming of Age during World War I. The […]

Cheryl Thomas - Forgotten Souls: The Search for the Lost Tuskegee Airmen Forgotten Souls examines the lives of the 27 pilots who went missing while battling the enemy abroad - […]

Jonathan Rose - The Federal Reserve's Role During WWII The Federal Reserve supported the war effort in several ways: it helped finance wartime spending, fund our allies, embargo our enemies, […]

Peter May - The Open Question, Ben Hogan and Golf's Most Enduring Controversy In The Open Question, Peter May turns his attention to this controversial, colorful Hale-America National Open of […]

James M. Scott - Empire of Ashes Over three days in August 1945, a nation once morally opposed to the bombing of civilians killed 120,000 men, women, and children; doomed […]