Date with History: Combat in North Africa
Cantigny Park Visitors Center 1S151 Winfield Road, Wheaton, ILOperation TORCH involved Allied soldiers landing along the coast of North Africa.
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Date with History: The Nurses of Operation Torch
Cantigny Park Visitors Center 1S151 Winfield Road, Wheaton, ILThese nurses earned medals, respect, and overseas stripes alongside some of the most decorated men in history.
Date with History: Chicago’s Arsenal of Democracy
Cantigny Park Visitors Center 1S151 Winfield Road, Wheaton, ILOver 1,400 Chicago companies converted almost overnight from peacetime to war production in World War II.
Date with History: Desert Redleg
Cantigny Park Visitors Center 1S151 Winfield Road, Wheaton, ILOur 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, ILHistorian 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, ILJoin the First Division Museum and the Congressional Medal of Honor Society for an evening of conversation with a Medal of Honor recipient.