Lecture by Jane Healy Jane Healy will discuss her historical research that went into the #1 Amazon and Washington Post best seller Beantown Girls, highlighting the wide and varied role of the Red Cross during WWII. Jane Healey is a best-selling author of historical fiction. Her novels include her debut The Saturday Evening Girls Club […]

Lecture by Timothy K. Parker, Ph.D. and sculpture dedication with sculptor Robert Shure From the smallest village to the largest cities, memorials and monuments abound. Join the Wright Museum of WWII as we dedicate our new outdoor sculpture and hear Timothy Parker discuss the role of monuments and sculpture in our society. Following the lecture, […]

Lecture by Cape Cod Maritime Museum Executive Director Elizabeth York PT-109 was an 80' Elco PT boat (patrol torpedo boat) last commanded by Lieutenant (junior grade) John F. Kennedy, future United States president, in the Solomon Islands campaign of the Pacific Theater during World War II. Kennedy's actions in saving his surviving crew after PT-109 […]

Lecture by Matthew F. Delmont Over one million Black men and women served in World War II. Black troops were at Normandy, Iwo Jima, and the Battle of the Bulge, serving in segregated units and performing unheralded but vital support jobs, only to be denied housing and educational opportunities on their return home. Without their […]