Lecture and book signing by author Judith SumnerAs the first botanical history of World War II, Plants Go to War examines military history from the perspective of plant science. From […]
90-minute DocumentaryThis 2011 documentary film is shown in honor of the 80th anniversary of the formation of the first African-American Army Air Corps Squadron in January 1941. In Their Own […]
Lecture and book signing by author Dr. Julien AyotteCode Name Lily is an historical fiction novel based on the true story of Micheline “Michou” Dumon-Ugeux (code name Lily), who was […]
Lecture by Dr. Giovanni FrisoneIn September 1943, when an armistice was signed with the Allies, Italian soldiers thought the war had ended for them. Instead, they were arrested by the […]
Lecture and book signing by Jane HealeyIn The Beantown Girls, author Jane Healey places us to the final harrowing months of World War II in Europe, and brings it painfully, […]
A One Woman Play by Catherine LadnierJourney through the tumultuous years of World War II through the letters of one American soldier to his sister on the home front. Eva […]
Lecture and book signing by Author Rick Beyers Admission $15 non-members, $12 membersIn the summer of 1944, a handpicked group of young GIs landed in France to conduct a secret […]
Lecture by Dr. Marion DorseyWinning battles requires fighting and supplies, but sometimes tricks can turn the tide in one side’s favor. The Allies considered and implemented a variety of deceptions, […]
Lecture by Dr. Edward G. MillerIn June 1963, American journalist Malcolm Browne captured one of the most famous photographs of all time: the self-immolation of the Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich […]
Lecture and book signing by the author Peter Lion It’ s December 1944, and knowing they would not be home for Christmas, battle weary GIs throw a holiday party for […]
Documentary film presentationThis is a fun, fast-paced biopic about Colonel Norman Phillips. No one has squeezed more out of 98 years than Phillips, and he tells his own story with […]
Lecture by Professor Kurk DorseyFifty years have passed since the United States began to disentangle itself from the war in Vietnam. Yet the war is still meshed into American society, […]