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Lecture Series: Joe McQuaid—War Fronts Home Fires

Wright Museum of World War II 77 Center Street, Wolfeboro, NH, United States

Joe McQuaid—War Fronts Home Fires: A WWII Correspondents remarkable coverage, his wife’s indominable spirit. As a World War II newspaper correspondent, B.J. McQuaid covered American and British front lines from […]

Lecture Series: Ron Janowski – Breakout from Normandy

Wright Museum of World War II 77 Center Street, Wolfeboro, NH, United States

Ron Janowski – Breakout from Normandy After the Allied landings in Normandy, commanders began to formulate a plan to push out from the beachhead. Initial efforts were hampered by the […]

Lecture Series: Peggy Hennelly-Maniates – A Hero of Two Nations

Wright Museum of World War II 77 Center Street, Wolfeboro, NH, United States

Peggy Hennelly-Maniates - A Hero of Two Nations Learn the story of a young paratrooper who is the only known American soldier to have served in combat with both the […]

Gallery Gathering with Estelle Parsons

Wright Museum of World War II 77 Center Street, Wolfeboro, NH, United States

One Hour chats with Special Guests in the Exhibit Gallery Join us on July 11th & August 22nd at 2:00 p.m. for a Gallery Gathering with Estelle Parsons. Estelle Parsons Academy Award Winning American Actress of film, theater and television who left college to work on farms in the UK during WWII. Ms. Parsons brings […]

Gallery Gathering with Linda Matchett

Wright Museum of World War II 77 Center Street, Wolfeboro, NH, United States

One Hour chats with Special Guests in the Exhibit Gallery Join us for a Gallery Gathering with Linda Matchett on July 17th at 2 p.m. and on August 7th at 10:30 a.m. Bestselling author, speaker and history geek. She writes about ordinary people who did extraordinary things in days gone. She is a volunteer archivist […]

Lecture Series: Arthur Krulewitz – How Oil Fueled the Conflict

Wright Museum of World War II 77 Center Street, Wolfeboro, NH, United States

How Oil Fueled the Conflict In their desire for expansion and empire in the 1930s both Japan and Germany had an insatiable appetite for natural resources. Paramount petroleum. Oil lubricated […]

Gallery Gathering with Christin Kaiser

Wright Museum of World War II 77 Center Street, Wolfeboro, NH, United States

One Hour chats with Special Guests in the Exhibit Gallery Join us on July 25th at 10:30 a.m. and August 8th at 2:00 p.m. for a Gallery Gathering with Christin Kaiser. Kaiser is A UNH Carroll Co. Extension Advanced Master Gardener with an Australian Permaculture Designer Certification. She designed, built, renovated and cares for the […]

Lecture Series: David Dworak – The War of Supply

Wright Museum of World War II 77 Center Street, Wolfeboro, NH, United States

David Dworak – The War of Supply The era of modern warfare introduced in World War II presented the Allied Powers with one of the more complicated logistical challenges of […]

Lecture Series: Fred Johnson—The Fighting Seabees

Wright Museum of World War II 77 Center Street, Wolfeboro, NH, United States

Fred Johnson—The Fighting Seabees Over 12,500 African Americans served in Seabee units in the Atlantic and Pacific theaters during World War II, a group largely forgotten today. During the war […]

2024 Festival of Trees

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