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Signature Event
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
6:30pm
Candice Millard, author of Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine & the Murder of a President...
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Thursday, March 26, 2009
9:00pm
In Person
Recommended reading:
Bonnie & Clyde...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2009
8:30pm
In Person
Matthew Algeo discusses his new book Harry Truman's Excellent Adventure: The True Story of a Great American Road Trip...
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Thursday, January 26, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
University of Pennsylvania historian Stephanie McCurry offers a new interpretation of the Confederacy that contends the South sowed t...
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Wednesday, April 11, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
The first vice president to occupy the White House after the death of the incumbent, John Tyler was derided by critics as “His Accidency.” Yet histori...
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Tuesday, July 13, 2010
8:30pm
In Person
Steven Casey discusses his new book Selling the Korean War: Propaganda, Politics, and Public Opinion in the United St...
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Wednesday, June 18, 2014
6:30pm
In Person
John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) is among the most overlooked presidents in U.S. history even though his progressive values helped shape the course of th...
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015
6:30pm
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Among our “greatest generation” was a succession of U.S. presidents who were informed and defined by World War II. Harry Truman, who oversaw the end o...
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Tuesday, June 23, 2015
6:30pm
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The role of women during World War II is little known, obscured by attention to the men who fought and led. But women were essential to the outcome. I...
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Monday, March 26, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
Frustrated with the slow pace of civil rights reforms and outraged at the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., protesters in Kansas City took to t...