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SUMMARY:Divided on D-Day: How Conflicts and Rivalries Jeopardized the Allied Victory at Normandy
DESCRIPTION:Lecture by Edward E. Gordon\, Ph.D. \nFocusing on the conflicting egos\, personal and national rivalries\, and professional abilities of major Allied commanders\, Gordon contends that their lack of cooperation and bad decisions lengthened the war\, increased casualties\, and allowed the later Soviet domination of Eastern Europe. \nDuring the lecture\, Gordon will delve into the personal and national rivalries of the Allied Commanders\, exploring their historical significance and shedding new light on this important aspect of the final year of the war. The lecture will be followed by a Q&A session\, providing attendees with the opportunity to engage with Gordon directly. \nEdward E. Gordon is an internationally recognized historian\, speaker\, researcher\, and author. For 20 years Dr. Gordon taught at DePaul\, Loyola\, and Northwestern Universities in Chicago. He has made presentations over the last 30 years at museums\, colleges\, universities\, conferences\, and to professional associations and community organizations. Dr. Gordon was a Distinguished Lecturer for the Organization of American Historians. He has provided presentations on various aspects of World War II at the Palm Springs Air Museum for the last 15 years. In the fall of 2019 in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings\, Ed was the historian for a 10-day tour of the Normandy beaches and other historic sites sponsored by the Palm Springs Air Museum. \nPurchase Book \nLecture sponsored by John and Peg Mongiello
URL:https://wrightmuseum.org/calendar/divided-on-d-day-how-conflicts-and-rivalries-jeopardized-the-allied-victory-at-normandy/
LOCATION:Wright Museum of World War II\, 77 Center Street\, Wolfeboro\, NH\, 03894\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Incredible Charles Miller
DESCRIPTION: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 \nPeggy Hennelly-Maniates \nFor 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 be on display at the museum this summer. \nPrivate Charlie Miller\, a humble New Hampshire man\, left school at the age of 12 to financially assist his family. He never had the opportunity to take a formal art class and relied upon books borrowed from his local public library to create over 700 paintings of his time in the Pacific Theater during WWII. He drew on whatever he had available from large sheets of paper to the inside of cigarette cartons and colored them using children’s watercolor sets. With these simple materials Miller created powerful works of art\, full of wonderful color and skilled draftsmanship\, with dramatic action and keen observation. \nThe lecture will be followed by a Q&A session\, where attendees will have the opportunity to ask the speaker and the Miller family questions about the artist and his legacy. \nThis lecture will be held in the museum’s Art Gallery and will be limited to a capacity of 50 attendees. A reception offering light refreshments will be held in the gallery prior to the lecture\, from 6:00-7:00pm. \n[wpforms id=”6602″]
URL:https://wrightmuseum.org/calendar/the-incredible-charles-miller/
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SUMMARY:When Books Went to War
DESCRIPTION:Lecture by Molly Guptill Manning \nWhen 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 an extraordinary program: 120 million specially printed paperbacks designed for troops to carry in their pockets and rucksacks in every theater of war. \nThese small\, lightweight Armed Services Editions were beloved by the troops and are still fondly remembered today. Soldiers read them while waiting to land at Normandy\, in hellish trenches in the midst of battles in the Pacific\, in field hospitals\, and on long bombing flights. This pioneering project not only lifted soldiers’ spirits\, but also helped rescue The Great Gatsby from obscurity and made Betty Smith\, author of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn\, into a national icon. \nMolly Guptill Manning is an Assistant Professor of Law at New York Law School\, where she teaches Legal Practice\, Civil Procedure\, and Professional Responsibility. \nProfessor Manning’s scholarship focuses on legal history and the intersection between law and culture. She has written articles on soldiers’ voting rights\, fraud and poetic license\, and prisoner’s access to the federal courts. Her articles have been published in the Columbia Journal of Law and the Arts\, New York University Journal of Legislation and Public Policy\, and the Federal Bar Council Quarterly\, to name a few. She has also written several books including When Books Went to War\, a New York Times best seller. She is currently working on a fourth book on the First Amendment. She has been interviewed on MSNBC\, NPR Morning Edition\, and WNYC\, and she has given talks across the United States\, including at the FDR Presidential Library\, the Library of Congress\, and the U.S. Senate Library.
URL:https://wrightmuseum.org/calendar/when-books-went-to-war/
LOCATION:Wright Museum of World War II\, 77 Center Street\, Wolfeboro\, NH\, 03894\, United States
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SUMMARY:Early American Military Aviation and Military Ballooning
DESCRIPTION:Lecture by Leah Dearborn \nMilitary 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 years of the war. World War I was the high point for the military use of observation balloons\, which were extensively deployed by both sides. \nLeah Dearborn is the Assistant Director at the Aviation Museum of New Hampshire. She is an experienced communications professional with many articles to her credit and a passion for aviation.
URL:https://wrightmuseum.org/calendar/early-american-military-aviation-and-military-ballooning/
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