Presentation by Master Gardener Christin Kaiser Christin Kaiser will explain how to grow Japanese vegetables, share recipes, and will “raffle” veggie starts to some lucky audience members. Christin is the Wright Museum’s volunteer gardener who designed, built, and maintains our Victory Garden, which is located on the Museum campus.
Presentation by Master Gardener Christin Kaiser Christin Kaiser will explain how to grow Japanese vegetables, share recipes, and will “raffle” veggie starts to some lucky audience members. Christin is the Wright Museum’s volunteer gardener who designed, built, and maintains our Victory Garden, which is located on the Museum campus.
Presentation by Master Gardener Christin Kaiser Christin Kaiser will explain how to grow Japanese vegetables, share recipes, and will “raffle” veggie starts to some lucky audience members. Christin is the Wright Museum’s volunteer gardener who designed, built, and maintains our Victory Garden, which is located on the Museum campus.
Christin Kaiser will explain how to grow Japanese vegetables, share recipes, and will “raffle” veggie starts to some lucky audience members.
Christin is the Wright Museum’s volunteer gardener who designed, built, and maintains our Victory Garden, which is located on the Museum campus.
Virtual Lecture by author Joanne D. Gilbert Joanne D. Gilbert, grew up in a predominantly Jewish suburb of Detroit, where many Holocaust Survivors lived. Joanne’s earliest influence was her Grandmother, Millie Wineman Ron, who had been able to leave Lithuania before the Nazis came and eliminated the Jewish community. Millie never forgave herself for […]
A film directed and written by Tim Gray and narrated by Tom Selleck *90-minute showingThis 2016 documentary is shown in honor of the 80th anniversary of the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. It includes interviews with servicemen and civilians who watched the Japanese planes drop their torpedoes and bombs on a stunned American […]
Presented by Jane OneailThis program is free – courtesy of the NH Humanities Council Norman Rockwell created dozens of images related to World War II. What happens when an artist known for his humor tackles the serious subject of war? Oneail explores how Rockwell’s work departs from earlier artistic interpretations of American conflicts. She also […]
Lecture by Richard A. Lobban, Jr., Ph.D.Richard Lobban sets the stage of World War II Africa by discussing the political and military situation on the continent before the war, Africa’s occupation and “effective control” after the Berlin Congress, and the partition of Africa. Lobban also explains the unintended consequences of the war on African nationalism […]
Lecture by Dr. C. Paul VincentThe Soviet liberation of Auschwitz on 27 January 1945 symbolizes the end of the Holocaust. Dachau was liberated by American soldiers three months later, one day before Hitler committed suicide. Yet the collapse of the camps had already begun in parallel with the implosion of Nazi Germany. The concentration camps […]
Lecture by Linda MatchettSpies have always fascinated us, and the iconic image of a glamourous woman using her wiles to extract secrets from enemies is particularly compelling. However, the reality of how thousands of female operatives served extends far beyond the stereotype. Listen to first-hand, hair-raising accounts about the world-wide exploits of these stalwart women. […]
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 victory gardens to drugs, timber, rubber, and fibers, plants supplied materials that played key roles in winning the war. Vegetables provided the wartime diet both […]