Events Created By Scott Lyons (3)

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August 8, 2025
Friday
  • 80th Anniversary End of War Symposium

  • Aug 8, 2025 at 4:30pm to Aug 9, 2025 at 5:00pm
  • Location: Onsite and Virtual: The National WWII Museum and The Higgins Hotel & Conference Center
  • Description:

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    08/08/2025 - 08/09/2025
     
    Eighty years after the end of World War II, this two-day symposium will offer a comprehensive look at the turning points and closing moments of the war in Europe and the Pacific. Join scholars, experts, and historians to discuss and debate the pivotal leadership decisions and campaigns that shaped the end of the war and the far-reaching legacies of World War II that continue to influence the world today.
     
  • Created by: Scott Lyons
August 26, 2025
Tuesday
  • Historian Craig Symonds with the Military History Club

  • Aug 26, 2025 from 11:00am to 12:00pm
  • Location: Military History Club of the Missouri Athletic Club - Onsite and Virtual Via Zoom
  • Description:


    13650675093?profile=RESIZE_400xAt noon on Tuesday, August 26, the Military History Club welcomes a return Zoom presentation by Craig Symonds, who will talk about the subject of his new book, 13650700481?profile=RESIZE_400xAnnapolis Goes to War: The Naval Academy Class of 1940 and its Trial by Fire in World War II. Symonds is a professor Emeritus at the U. S. Naval Academy and was the Distinguished Visiting Ernest J. King Professor of Maritime History at the U.S. Naval War College. He is a recipient of Lincoln Prize, the Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature, the Gilder-Lehrman Military History prize and Pritzker Military Museum & Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing and frequent speaker nationally and on C-Span. Join us for this informative and engaging program.

  • Created by: Scott Lyons
November 20, 2025
Thursday
  • 18th International Conference on World War II

  • Nov 20, 2025 at 6:30am to Nov 22, 2025 at 8:30pm
  • Location: Onsite: The National WWII Museum and The Higgins Hotel & Conference Center
  • Description:

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    The International Conference on World War II is the premier adult educational event bringing together the best and brightest scholars, authors, historians, and witnesses to history from around the globe to discuss key battles, personalities, strategies, issues, and controversies of the war that changed the world. Joining the featured speakers are hundreds of attendees who travel from all over the world to learn and connect with each other through engaging discussions, question-and-answer periods, book signings, and receptions throughout the weekend.

    18th International Conference on World War II | The National WWII Museum | New Orleans

  • Created by: Scott Lyons