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, stabilize the economy, and plan the return to peacetime activities. Jonathan Rose serves as a historian for the Federal Reserve System and is a senior […]
Peter May - The Open Question, Ben Hogan and Golf's Most Enduring Controversy Lecture and book signing In The Open Question, Peter May turns his attention to this controversial, colorful Hale-America National Open of 1942. Set against the backdrop of World War II, May also tells the stories of other professional golfers in the tournament […]
James M. Scott - Empire of Ashes Lecture and book signing Over three days in August 1945, a nation once morally opposed to the bombing of civilians killed 120,000 men, […]
Joseph Gluckert - Portsmouth Naval Shipyard: From Sails to Atoms For more than 225 years, Yankee ingenuity and craftsmanship have been the keys to success for the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. […]
2025 Festival of Trees
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