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By Mike Bazinet Marjorie K. Eastman, author of The Frontline Generation: How We Served Post 9/11, will speak on April 29 at the Transylvania County Library, 212 South Gaston St., Brevard, presented by the Veterans History Museum of the Carolinas. Eastman’s talk is scheduled for 2 p.m. in the library’s Rogow Room, is free to […]
On Monday, May 15, retired CIA Senior Intelligence Officer David Tyson will share his experiences leading the CIA response to the 9/11 attacks. He will speak at 7:00 PM in the Rogow Room at Transylvania County Library at 212 South Gaston Street in Brevard, NC. Admission is free, presented by the Veterans History Museum of […]
Greg Wilsbacher, Ph.D., a University of South Carolina faculty librarian and curator of the famous Fox Movietone News Collection housed there, will present a muti-media program, "How the American Homefront First Saw D-Day" on June 5 at 2 p.m. at the Transylvania County Library’s Rogow Community Room, 212 S. Gaston St., Brevard. The program, sponsored […]
Margaret Stanback White received her BA from Harvard. Following a career as a research scientist, she began a career as a researcher and editor on nonfiction book projects about scientific breakthroughs and how they have changed the course of history. The P-51 Mustang was the first allied fighter plane David Fairbank White and Margaret Stanback […]
On July 29, Jack H. (“Nick”) McCall Jr. will talk about his book, Pogiebait’s War, chronicling the story of his father’s journey from a small town in Tennessee to World War II combat service with the US Marines in the vast Pacific from Guadalcanal and the Solomon Islands to Guam and the Marianas. Jack McCall […]
Former Prisoner of War to Speak on POW/MIA Recognition Day Michel Robertson On Friday, September 15, National POW/MIA Recognition Day, the Veterans History Museum of the Carolinas will host a presentation by Lt. Col. David B. Grant, USAF Retired, who will share the story and experiences of his nine-month captivity in North Vietnam. The public […]
Combat Veterans to Share Their Stories by Michel Robertson On Saturday, October 21, the Veterans History Museum will host a special production of Brothers and Sisters Like These, a program featuring veterans sharing their stories of combat and healing. This event is offered free of charge to the public at Brevard College at 2:00 p.m. […]
History comes alive when best-selling authors and historians tell the stories of WWII. Over a leisurely day and a half, enjoy six talks, add in a walking tour of the Veterans History Museum, and then spice it up with conversations with actual WWII Veterans who were there. Reserve now. Spaces are limited and we anticipate […]
Join the U.S. Marines' 248th Birthday Celebration! The U.S. Marine Corps invites you to help celebrate its 248th birthday on Friday, November 10th, 2023. This is a very important day for all Marines who have served from across the world to gather, to celebrate, and toast our Corps. We invite you to our “birthday" celebration […]
On December 17, 1944, the second day of the Battle of the Bulge, American P-47 pilot Ed Cottrell's engine was shot up. In the same battle on the same day, German pilot Karl-Heinz Bosse's Messerschmidt 109 was shot down. Cottrell steered to his base and expertly managed a dead-stick landing. Bosse ejected and parachuted down […]
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