The National WWII Museum has presented more than 180 Lunchbox Lectures free to the public since 2000.  Delivered by local and national scholars, these hour-long lectures are presented twice a month on Wednesdays at noon.  The lectures are free, so bring your lunch and learn some WWII history.

Here is a list of upcoming lectures:

                            Lunchbox Lectures 2009

January 21         The Messerschmidt 109                                          Daniel Becnel

February 4          Victory at Home: Civil Rights in the South WWII   Chas Chamberlain

February 18        Nazis on the Run: The Ratline for War Criminals   Gerald Steinacher
                         Through Italy and the Vatican                                                                 

March 4              Treasures of the Vault                                          Toni Kiser

March 18            The NWWIIM's Artillery Collection                        Tom Czekanski

April 1                The Chain of Evacuation:The Army Nurse Corps  Lauren Handley

April 15              England’s Mediterranean War, June-Dec 1940     Rick Jacobs

May 6                Corporal Hitler, 1914-1918                                     Kirk Freeman

May 20              Reichsparteitag der Ehre:                                     Lindsey Barnes

                                  The 1936 Nuremberg Rally

June 3                How Rome Affected Normandy, June 1944          Frank Anselmo

June 17              Coast Watchers                                                    Walt Burgoyne

July 1                POW Experiences                                                 Tommy Lofton

July 15               The FDR Blues                                                      Kevin Fontenot

August 5             WASPs - Women's Air Force Service Pilots         Kellie Boutwell

August 19           Education - Schools on the Home Front               Jen Kitner   

September 2       Operation Bernard - The Nazis' Countereiting      Kenneth Hoffman

                          Scheme

September 16     Examining WWII Cookbooks                                 Lauren Handley

October 7            Backstage Pass: A Look into the Stage                Kim Guise
                                   Door Collection

October 21          22nd Armored Field Artillery Battalion                 John McGuckin

November 4         TBD
  
November 18        England’s Mediterranean War 1941                     Rick Jacobs

December 2         TBD

December 16        TBD

     * Dates and topics subject to change