The Lexington Veterans Association brings veterans and community members together in fellowship
to be informed and inspired at our monthly speaker series.
to be informed and inspired at our monthly speaker series.
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OUR FIRST WWII PACIFIC RE-ENACTMENT COMING UP ON JULY 13-14! Help us honor the veterans of the Pacific Theater in World War II who fought 80 years ago by joining us for this re-enactment and encampment weekend! 
https://www.americanheritagemuseum.org/event/wwii-pacific-re-enactment-saipan-campaign/Join us on Saturday, July 13th and Sunday, July 14th for our first-ever World War II in the Pacific Re-Enactment Weekend. This event honors our veterans who valiantly fought in the island campaigns and Naval wars throughout the Pacific Theater 80 years ago. This weekend will focus on the Saipan Campaign that took place in June and July of 1944.
Gates open at 9:00am and close at 5:00pm each day. Allied and Axis camps will be open all day and some of the AHM aircraft of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps will be on outdoor display as well. Make sure to catch the Battle of Saipan re-enactment at 1:00pm each day including re-enactors representing American armed services as well as the Imperial Japanese. Weather permitting, some of our WWII aircraft like the FM-2 Wildcat and OY-1 (L-5) Sentinel will also be taking part. Other activities on the grounds are planned throughout the day, so check the schedule at the event link for details. The event ticket includes admission to the event as well as the American Heritage Museum and the annex buildings not open during general admission days, including the Historic Aviation Hangar and Classic Automobile Barn. Admission for the Saturday and Sunday events are as follows: $30 Adults | $25 Seniors/Veterans | $20 Children 3 to 16 years old Members, WWII/Korean War Veterans and Children Under 3 are Free – No ticket required. Admission discounts can not be used for special event weekends. American Heritage Museum members are admitted for free to this event as well as all events through September! If you're not a member yet, you should join today and take advantage of this incredible benefit that will literally pay for itself after just two events! Click here to become a member! |
Join us on September 9, 2024
The Other Side of the Ocean
Presented by Richard Bell, Professor of History, University of Maryland
Live at Brookhaven at Lexington and via Zoom webinar, free and open to the public.
Coffee and conversation at 12:45, program begins at 1:15 p.m.
Zoom Link Provided Later in August
Richard Bell
Britain was bitterly divided as to what the war for American independence was about, how to win it, and whether it was worth it. Historian Richard Bell examines the reactions of King George—what he wanted and how he tried to get it; members of Parliament with all their agendas and interests; and everyone else in Britain – the press, the merchants, the manufacturers, the radicals, the clergy, the laborers, and the men and women on the street. What did THEY think about Britain’s War in America, and did anyone in power, whether in the palace or in Parliament, ever stop to listen to what THEY had to say?
Richard Bell is Professor of History at the University of Maryland and author of the book Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped into Slavery and their Astonishing Odyssey Home, which was a finalist for the George Washington Prize and the Harriet Tubman Prize. He has held major research fellowships at Yale, Cambridge, and the Library of Congress and is the recipient of the National Endowment of the Humanities Public Scholar award and the 2021 Andrew Carnegie Fellowship. He serves as a Trustee of the Maryland Center for History and Culture and as a fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
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