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Heaven, Hell, or Hoboken: Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of World War I
About The Event
DESCRIPTION: Hoboken Historical Museum's World War 1 Commemorative Lecture Series featuring a wide array of acclaimed scholars and historians. Lectures are scheduled for August 21, 2016 through May 7, 2017 at the Hoboken Historical Museum. NOTE: All lectures will be on Sundays at 4 p.m.
2016 DATES
1) August 21, Chad Millman, The Detonators.
Topic: The Black Tom explosion
2) September 11, Howard Blum, Dark Invasion: 1915: Germany's Secret War and the Hunt for the First Terrorist Cell in America.
Topic: German sabotage in NY Harbor
3) October 16: Thomas Fleming, The Illusion of Victory: America in WWI
Topic: Propaganda in the U.S. media
4) November 6: Jeffrey Sammons, Ph.D, NYU. Harlem’s Rattlers and the Great War: The Undaunted 369th Regiment and the African American Quest for Equality.
Topic: African Americans in WWI
5) November 21: Christina Ziegler-McPherson, Ph.D. Immigrants in Hoboken: One-Way Ticket to America, 1845-1985
Topic: German Aliens in New Jersey during WWI
7) December 11: Richard Striner, Ph.D, Washington College. Woodrow Wilson and WWI: A Burden Too Great to Bear.
Topic: President Woodrow Wilson
2017 DATES
1) February 12: Lisa Mastrangelo, Ph.D, Centenary College.
Topic: Women and motherhood in WWI
2) March 12: Christopher Capozzola, Ph.D, MIT. Uncle Sam Wants You: World War I and the Making of the Modern American Citizen
Topic: How WWI changed what it meant to be an American
3) April 23: Steven H. Jaffe, New York at War: Four Centuries of Combat, Fear, and Intrigue in Gotham
Topic: Espionage in New Jersey
4) May 7: Mark Van Ells, Ph.D, Queensborough Community College, America and World War I: A Travelers Guide
Topic: Hoboken as a Port of Embarkation and Debarkation
Contact : 201.656.2240 or info@hobokenmuseum.org
Category: Conferences, Shows & Panels, New Jersey
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