PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE FROM JUNE 7th TO JUNE 9th Lecture by author Professor Charles R. Gallagher, S.J. On January 13, 1940, FBI agents burst into the homes and offices of 17 members of the Christian Front, seizing guns, ammunition, and homemade bombs. J. Edgar Hoover’s charges were that the group planned to incite a […]
Lecture by the author Elizabeth G. Macalaster War Pigeons traces the remarkable service of homing pigeons in the U.S. Military, from its beginnings after the Civil War to the birds’ invaluable communications role in every branch of the U.S. military through two world wars and beyond. For 75 years, through four wars on four continents, […]
Lecture by art historian Jane Oneail From his failed attempts as a painter to his grand plans to loot European masterworks, art played a central role in Hitler’s personal life and political strategies. Learn more about Nazi exhibitions of so-called “degenerate art,” theft from European churches, museums and private collections as well as the challenge […]
Lecture by Dr. Richard A. Lobban, Jr. This presentation is a much anticipated follow up to Dr. Lobban’s 2021 talk on World War II from African Perspectives. His current presentation picks up the story with the important 1941 battles for Keren in Eritrea, Culqualber Pass, and Gondar in Ethiopia where British and colonial forces from […]
Lecture and book signing by author Peter Lion On November 17th 1944, at the height of WWII, George Mergenthaler, an only son and heir to a family fortune, arrived into the small war torn town of Eschweiler, Luxembourg. A soldier with the 28th Cavalry Recon Troop, George and the rest of the Recon Troop lived […]
A Presentation by Aimee Fogg and Robbe Meers Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery located in Homburg, Belgium, is the final resting place for 7,992 American WWII servicemembers, including thirty-eight men from NH. In 2010, Aimee Gagnon Fogg began the journey of researching her great-uncle PFC Paul M. Lavoie and discovering the stories of the men of Henri-Chapelle […]
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 of losing her family, but her message is being a survivor and not a victim. She is a mother to four sons and a grandmother […]
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 or Instacart for rapid delivery of necessities and luxuries, how should we understand the World War II rationing programs—especially their challenges and successes--for staples such […]
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 the United States used. But when the Marines turned to its Navajo recruits to develop and implement a secret military language, they created the only […]
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 history. Yet, fraught as the Great Depression surely was, it was backdropped by other concerns that grew in both severity and importance as his presidency […]
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 a decline in faith in democracy in Europe, men like Dean Acheson and George Marshall worried that the hard-won victory in World War II was […]
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 we face the challenges of today? How do we resist evil while maintaining our moral core? Drawing on the diary and Anne’s experiences we will […]
