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. The survivors of the explosion struggled to stay alive one hundred-eighty feet beneath the surface, while the Japanese dropped deadly depth charges. As the air […]
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 America (CIA) began in 1946 in New Haven, Connecticut, where it was founded as a vocational institute for returning veterans of World War II. The […]
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 Shopkeeper of Alsace is an uplifting tale of family, love, resilience, and on unstoppable women. Laura Knoy is an award-winning journalist. She founded New Hampshire’s […]
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 […]
2025 Festival of Trees
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