History Presentation Schedule
2022
April 11, 2022
“Fireball in the Night: The Bombing of Japan and the Atomic Bomb Controversy”
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Prescott, AZ
March 19, 2022
“The Other Nuremberg: The Tokyo War Crimes Trial (1946-1948)
Palm Springs Air Museum
Palm Springs, CA
February 19, 2022
“Judgment at Nuremberg: Defending Humanity”
Palm Springs Air Museum
Palm Springs, CA
January 22, 2022
“Creating the Hitler Myth: The Origins of Modern Propaganda”
Palm Springs Air Museum
Palm Springs, CA
2021 Webinars and Presentations
December 7, 2021
“Japan Strikes at Dawn”
The Clare
Chicago, IL
October 29, 2021
“From Mountain Men to Railroads: The Opening of the American West”
Dames of the American Revolution
Chicago, IL
July 7, 2021
“U-Boat War: Tragedy and Redemption in the North Atlantic”
The Clare
Chicago, IL
May 17, 2021
“When the Desert Fox Met General Patton — The North African Campaign (1940-1943)”
The Clare
Chicago, IL
March 20, 2021
“Fireball in the Night: The Bombing of Japan and the Atomic Bomb Controversy”
Palm Springs Air Museum
Palm Springs, CA
February 20, 2021
“Okinawa: Crucible of the Pacific”
Palm Springs Air Museum
Palm Springs, CA
February 8, 15 and 22, 2021
Gettysburg: Three Days that Changed America” Parts I, II, and III
The Mirabella
Seattle, Washington
January 22, 2021
“Hitler’s Downfall: The Battle of Berlin”
Palm Springs Air Museum
Palm Springs, CA
January 19, 2021
“Killing Hitler: The Assassination Plots that Failed to Stop a Madman,”
The Cliff Dwellers
Chicago, IL
2020 Webinars and Presentations
November 23, 2020
“Okinawa: Crucible of the Pacific”
The Clare
Chicago, IL
November 17, 2020
“Hitler’s Downfall the Battle of Berlin”
The Cliff Dwellers
Chicago, IL
November 4 & November 11, 2020
“Hitler and the Rise of Modern Propaganda,” Parts I & II
The Mirabella
Seattle, WA
October 29, 2020
“The Church and State in Balance: A History of American Catholicism”
Holy Name Cathedral
Chicago, IL
October 19, 2020
“The Battle of Britain Defeats the Wehrmacht”
The Clare
Chicago, IL
September 22, 2020
“The Battle of Britain Defeats the Wehrmacht”
The Cliff Dwellers
Chicago, IL
August 24, 2020
“Six Weeks that Changed the World: France Falls, May-June 1940”
The Clare
Chicago, IL
August 18, 2020
“Fireball in the Night: The Bombing of Japan and the Atomic Bomb Controversy”
The Cliff Dwellers
Chicago, IL
August 11, 2020
“Fireball in the Night”
The Mirabella
Seattle, WA
August 6, 2020
“Fireball in the Night”
The Museum of Flight
Seattle, WA
July 22, 2020
“Hitler’s Downfall: The Battle of Berlin”
The Clare
Chicago, IL
July 20, 2020
“Explaining Hitler and the Third Reich: The Uses of Propaganda”
The Cliff Dwellers
Chicago, IL
June 17, 2020
“Fireball in the Night”
The Clare
Chicago, IL
June 16, 2020
“The Monuments Men and Their Mission: Recovering Europe’s Art Treasures from the Nazis”
The Cliff Dwellers
Chicago, IL
2019
July 6, 13, 20, & 27, 2019
Four-part Seminar: “D-Day at 75 Years: Allied Leadership Lessons and the Grand Alliance”
The Newberry Library
Chicago, IL
June 10, 2019
“Secrets of D-Day”
The Mirabella
Seattle, WA
June 8, 2019
“Divided on D-Day”
Museum of Flight
Seattle, WA
May 20, 2019
“Gettysburg: Three Days that Changed America”
The Clare
Chicago, IL
March 16, 2019
“Operation Autumn Smoke: The Battle of the Bulge”
Palm Springs Air Museum
Palm Springs, CA
March 14, 2019
“Divided on D-Day”
Committee of 25
Palm Springs, CA
February 23, 2019
“Secrets of D-Day”
Palm Springs Air Museum
Palm Springs, CA
February 15, 2019
“Divided on D-Day”
Daughters of the American Revolution, Cahuilla Chapter
Rancho Mirage, CA
January 19, 2019
Leyte Gulf: The Battle that Doomed the Japanese Navy”
Palm Springs Air Museum
Palm Springs, CA
2018
October 29, 2018
“Divided on D-Day”
USS Silversides Submarine Museum
Muskegon, MI
September 21, 2018
“Divided on D-Day: New Perspectives on the Normandy Campaign”
Midway Village & Museum
Rockford, IL
July 17, 2018
“The Battle between Amateurs: First Bull Run (Manassas) July 21, 1861”
Union League Club Civil War Roundtable
Chicago, IL
March 24, 2018
“Divided on D-Day Part III, The Bumpy Road to Germany”
Palm Springs Air Museum
Palm Springs, CA
February 17, 2018
“Divided on D-Day Part II, Stalemate and Breakout”
Palm Springs Air Museum
Palm Springs, CA
January 24, 2018
“Divided on D-Day: New Perspectives on the Normandy Invasion”
Northwestern University Alumni Association of the Coachella Valley
Smoke Tree Ranch
Palm Springs, CA
January 20, 2018
“Divided on D-Day Part I, The Greatest Invasion: From Planning to D-Day”
Palm Springs Air Museum
Palm Springs, CA
January 19, 2018
Pacific Coast Book Launch
Divided on D-Day
Palm Springs Air Museum
Palm Springs, CA