Lunchbox Lectures

 

 

 

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       WWII Photography in FDR's New Deal               Lauren Tilton


October 7            Examining WWII Cookbooks                               Lauren Handley
                                  


October 21          22nd Armored Field Artillery Battalion                John McGuckin

                                          


November 4         Backstage Pass: A Look into the Stage                Kim Guise 

                          Door Collection                

  
November 18        The Battle of Taranto                                           Rick Jacobs


December 2         Nazis and the Ocult                                              Michael Edwards


December 16       Conscientious Objectors                                       Beth West

     * Dates and topics subject to change


 

 

2010 Lunchbox Lecture Schedule

 

January 6 Yearbooks Kenneth Hoffman
January 20 TBD John McGuckin
February 3 Leni Riefenstahl's Olympia: Breaking the Myths Brian Hughes
February 17 War Brides Lauren Handley
March 3 Japanese Comfort Women Toni Kiser
March 17 Doolittle Raid Rick Jacobs
April 7 The Flight from Hitler's Germany: Austrian Jewish Refugees Guenter Bischof
April 21 FDR's Death: Front Line and Home Front Terrence Fitzmorris
May 5 Music and Mobilization During WWII Chas Chamberlain
May 19 Flight Jackets of WWII Larry Decuers
June 2 Hill K-9 Frank Anselmo
June 16 Entartete Kunst: Hitler's "Degenerate Art" Exhibit of 1937 Lindsey Barnes
July 7 Animals at War Walt Burgoyne
July 21 Travels while as a guest of the Third Reich: POW Wartime Logs Kim Guise
August 4 Country Music and WWII Kevin Fontenot
August 18 Advertisements Jen Kitner
September 1 TBD Stacy Peckham
September 15 Night Witches: Women Bomber Pilots of the Soviet 588th Night Bomber Regiment in WWII Kellie Boutwell
October 6 The Warsaw Uprisings Lauren Handley

  * Dates and topics subject to change

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