Lecture by Kati Preston Kati Preston is a Holocaust survivor, motivational speaker, author, and activist for tolerance and anti-bullying. She will speak about her experiences growing up after the tragedy […]
Lecture by Professor Marion Dorsey In a century in which we are told to spend money to support the economy and the country, and when many rely upon Amazon Prime […]
Lecture and book signing by author Judy Avila - Program is full, reservations are no longer being accepted. During World War II, the Japanese had managed to crack every code […]
Lecture by Professor C. Paul Vincent It is generally understood that when Franklin Roosevelt became president in March 1933, he shouldered the burden of the worst economic crisis in American […]
Lecture by Professor Kurk Dorsey Seventy-five years ago, U.S. leaders faced a series of difficult decisions about the nation's role in the world. Fearing a rise in Soviet power and […]
Lecture by Tom White This presentation frames Anne’s Frank’s experiences as one of growth and introspection through her diary. How does Anne’s voice still remain, as she hoped, “useful” as […]
Lecture by Edward E. Gordon, Ph.D. Focusing on the conflicting egos, personal and national rivalries, and professional abilities of major Allied commanders, Gordon contends that their lack of cooperation and […]
The Incredible Charles Miller: The story of an unknown New Hampshire man who secretly left a stunning visual diary of his deployment in the Pacific Theater during WWII Peggy Hennelly-Maniates […]
Lecture by Molly Guptill Manning When America entered World War II in 1941, we faced an enemy that had banned and burned 100 million books. Outraged librarians launched a campaign […]
Lecture by Leah Dearborn Military ballooning in the United States began early in the Civil War. Balloons gave the Union the ability to view enemy troops from the "high ground" during a battle. Best known of the "aeronauts" was Thaddeus S.C. Lowe. He and others made numerous observations using hydrogen-filled balloons during the first two […]
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Lecture by Christopher C. Gorham Anna Marie Rosenberg, the Hungarian Jewish immigrant who became FDR’s closest advisor during World War II and, according to Life, “the most important official woman in the world” —a woman of many firsts, whose story, forgotten for too long, is extraordinary, inspiring, and uniquely American. Her life ran parallel to […]
2024 Festival of Trees
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