The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line
A Lecture and book signing by the author Retired U.S. Army Major General Mari K. Eder The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line are the heroes of the Greatest Generation that […]
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Against All Odds
Lecture and book signing by New York Times best-selling author Alex Kershaw Four men, all in the same unit, earned medal after medal for battlefield heroism. Maurice “Footsie” Britt, a […]
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Target Tokyo
A lecture by author James M. Scott, In honor of the 80th anniversary of the Doolittle raid on Tokyo On April 18, 1942, eighty volunteer airmen under the command of […]
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A Story of Survival
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 […]
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“When You Ride Alone, You Ride with Hitler”: Reconsidering the World War II Rationing Programs in the 21st Century
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 […]
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Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir by One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII
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 […]
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Immigration, Isolationism, and FDR
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 […]
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Present at the Creation: Harry Truman, George Marshall, Dean Acheson, and the Creation of a Pax Americana
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 […]
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Anne Frank: “If only I can be myself”
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 […]
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Divided on D-Day: How Conflicts and Rivalries Jeopardized the Allied Victory at Normandy
Wright Museum of World War II 77 Center Street, Wolfeboro, NH, United StatesLecture 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 […]
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The Incredible Charles Miller
+1 moreThe 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 For the first time in 7 years the Wright Museum of WWII’s traveling exhibit Private Charles J. Miller: WWII Paintings from the South Pacific will […]
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When Books Went to War
Wright Museum of World War II 77 Center Street, Wolfeboro, NH, United StatesLecture 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 to send free books to American troops, gathering 20 million hardcover donations. Two years later, the War Department and the publishing industry stepped in with […]
