Date with History: Combat in North Africa

Cantigny Park Visitors Center 1S151 Winfield Road, Wheaton, IL

Operation TORCH involved Allied soldiers landing along the coast of North Africa.

Date with History: The Nurses of Operation Torch

Cantigny Park Visitors Center 1S151 Winfield Road, Wheaton, IL

These nurses earned medals, respect, and overseas stripes alongside some of the most decorated men in history.

Date with History: Desert Redleg

Cantigny Park Visitors Center 1S151 Winfield Road, Wheaton, IL

Our Date with History series, now in its 16th year, features presentations by authors, historians, documentarians, and veterans on various military history topics.

Date with History: Unraveling the Myth of Sgt. Alvin York

Cantigny Park Visitors Center 1S151 Winfield Road, Wheaton, IL

Historian James P. Gregory Jr. tells the story of the other sixteen soldiers who took part in the battle, capture, and return before fading into relative obscurity in the shadow of Sergeant York.

Conversation with a Medal of Honor Recipient

Cantigny Park Visitors Center 1S151 Winfield Road, Wheaton, IL

Join the First Division Museum and the Congressional Medal of Honor Society for an evening of conversation with a Medal of Honor recipient.