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In the Pacific: Guadalcanal

Tuesday, April 9, 2024 6:00pm

Central Library

In Person

Just northeast of Australia is Guadalcanal, the largest of the Solomon Islands. From August 1942 through February 1943, it was the staging ground for...

1979, the Year That Changed the Middle East

Tuesday, March 7, 2023 6:00pm

Central Library

Online

Military historian Brian Steed of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College recounts the history-altering c...

Ronald Reagan

Thursday, February 3, 2011 6:30pm

Central Library

In Person

To commemorate the centennial of Ronald Reagan’s birth, historian Michael Schaller chronicles the life of one of America’s most notable and successful...