Lecture Series: David Barnhill and Stephen Rueff – Spies and Space
David Barnhill and Stephen Rueff- Spies and Space David Barnhill and Stephen Yogi Rueff are creators of the Spies and Space, which will be shown at the museum this summer. […]
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Wright Museum of World War II 77 Center Street, Wolfeboro, NH, United States
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Lecture Series: Elyse Graham – Book and Dagger – How Scholars and Librarians became the unlikely Spies of WWII
Wright Museum of World War II 77 Center Street, Wolfeboro, NH, United StatesElyse Graham - Book and Dagger - How Scholars and Librarians became the unlikely Spies of WWII Elyse Graham will discuss the untold story of the academics who became OSS […]
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Lecture Series: David S. Foglesong – From Allies to Enemies: Truman, Stalin and the Start of the Cold War
Wright Museum of World War II 77 Center Street, Wolfeboro, NH, United StatesDavid S. Foglesong - From Allies to Enemies: Truman, Stalin and the Start of the Cold War In April 1945, not long after Harry Truman succeeded Franklin Roosevelt as President, […]
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Lecture Series: Ron Janowski – The Cold War: Decades of Division and Diplomacy
Wright Museum of World War II 77 Center Street, Wolfeboro, NH, United StatesRon Janowski – The Cold War: Decades of Division and Diplomacy “The Cold War,” a broadbrush, but comprehensive presentation covering the major events of the Cold War from 1947 – […]
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Lecture Series: Dr. Rowland Brucken – The Bretton Woods Conference
Wright Museum of World War II 77 Center Street, Wolfeboro, NH, United StatesDr. Rowland Brucken - The Bretton Woods Conference The Bretton Woods Conference, formally known as the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference, was the gathering of 730 delegates from all […]
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Lecture Series: Col. Edna W. Cummings (Retired) – 6888th, Central Postal Directory Battalion
Wright Museum of World War II 77 Center Street, Wolfeboro, NH, United StatesEdna W. Cummings - 6888th, Central Postal Directory Battalion The U.S. Army’s 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion was the only all-minority, all-female Women’s Army Corps (WAC) unit to serve overseas […]
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Lecture Series: Robert O’Connor – The Jeep Show
Wright Museum of World War II 77 Center Street, Wolfeboro, NH, United StatesRobert O'Connor - The Jeep Show In late 1944 the American military was advancing through Western Europe so fast that entertainment units could not keep up with them. Major Joshua […]
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Lecture Series: Dr. Edward Gordon – Fireball in the Night: The Fire-Bombing of Japan and the Atomic Bomb Controversy
Wright Museum of World War II 77 Center Street, Wolfeboro, NH, United StatesDr. Edward Gordon - Fireball in the Night: The Fire-Bombing of Japan and the Atomic Bomb Controversy On April 18, 1942, Lieutenant-Colonel James H. Doolittle led a clandestine bombing raid […]
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Lecture Series: Shannon McKenna Schmidt – The First Lady of World War II
Wright Museum of World War II 77 Center Street, Wolfeboro, NH, United StatesShannon McKenna Schmidt - The First Lady of World War II In August 1943, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt set out in secret for the Pacific on an arduous journey that was part goodwill tour, part fact-finding foray, and part informal diplomatic mission. She returned five weeks and 25,000 miles later, having trekked to Hawaii, New […]
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Lecture Series: Arthur Krulewitz, MD CM – The Cuban Missile Crisis
Wright Museum of World War II 77 Center Street, Wolfeboro, NH, United StatesArthur Krulewitz, MD CM - The Cuban Missile Crisis The Cuban missile crisis was a major confrontation in 1962 that brought the United States and the Soviet Union close to war over the presence of Soviet nuclear-armed ballistic missiles in Cuba. During a thirteen day period in October 1962 the world teetered on the verge […]
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Lecture Series: Dr. Fred Johnson, III – Dentist Under Fire: The Heroism of Ben Salomon
Wright Museum of World War II 77 Center Street, Wolfeboro, NH, United StatesDr. Fred Johnson, III - The Heroism of Ben Salomon By law, only U.S. Service members who distinguish themselves “ through conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty” can receive the Medal of Honor - Captain Benjamin Louis Salomon was one of these brave men. Learn […]
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Lecture Series: The Freese Brothers Big Band
Wright Museum of World War II 77 Center Street, Wolfeboro, NH, United StatesThe Freese Brothers Big Band Eighty years ago this summer, World War II came to an end. As members of the Greatest Generation began to return home, they and their families listened to the music that was the soundtrack of the war years. Join the Freese Brothers Big Band for an 80th anniversary salute to […]
