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Have you heard the good news? We have a new page to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Pritzker Military Museum & Library! Follow our new page to stay updated on some new and exciting programming, compelling conversations, free events for families, pictures, videos, and our new traveling exhibit coming to the PMML.
Be sure to follow us as we will be saying goodbye to this page starting MARCH 31st.
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Join the exciting conversations and learn about our new programming on our new page! Get the latest details and find out what’s on the horizon!
We will be saying farewell to this page on March 31st, 2023.
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We’re looking forward to staying connected with you! If you haven’t already done so, follow our new page . Be sure to follow us as we will be saying goodbye to this page on March 31, 2023.
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Have you followed our new page ? Whether you are a long-time scholar or a first-time explorer, we’ve added more ways for everyone, to learn about our military, understand our democracy, and be better informed to make decisions for tomorrow.
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Help us celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Pritzker Military Museum & Library by following our NEW page ! Our new account will highlight even more new & exciting diverse programming, compelling conversations, free events for families, pictures, videos and our new traveling exhibit coming to the PMML.
Be sure to follow us by March 31, 2023 before we delete this page! We look forward to seeing you there: bit.ly/FB-ChicagoPMML
We are celebrating the 20th anniversary year of the Pritzker Military Museum & Library! To kick off this momentous year, we’re launching a NEW page Pritzker Military Museum & Library - PMML to highlight all the new & exciting diverse programming, compelling conversations, free events for families, pictures, videos, and our new traveling exhibit coming to the PMML. Be sure to follow us here as we will be saying goodbye to this page starting MARCH 31st.
As our mission continues to grow, we are also pleased to officially add our newly built Pritzker Military Archives Center (PMAC) and our future Cold War Veterans Memorial (CWVM), located in Somers, Wisconsin, to the PMML family. Pritzker Military Museum & Library - PMML will continue to share information about the Archives Center and CWVM.
Stay up to date on the latest Museum & Library details by following our NEW PMML page. We’re looking forward to staying connected with you!
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Save the date for Saturday, March 25 as the Glessner House honors Women’s History Month and the 145th birthday of Frances Glessner Lee at their Murder in a Nutshell: A Frances Glessner Lee Whodunit Event.
Frances McNamara will discuss her newest novel, Molasses Murder in a Nutshell, based on Frances Glessner Lee’s “Dark Bathroom” Nutshell Study. In the book, Lee and Dr. George Burgess Magrath set out to determine what happened to the unfortunate Maggie following the devastating 1919 molasses flood in Boston. A life-size version of “Dark Bathroom” will be installed so attendees can walk through it, and try to determine if Maggie’s death was accidental, su***de, natural causes, or murder!
Buy your tickets today.
PMML Family Programs is excited to introduce Medals for my Hero, a tailored program perfect for young learners.
Participants will have the opportunity to look at a real-life Medal of Honor and learn more about the history of this important award. After that, we will create special medals to show our appreciation for the heroes in our own lives. Learn more: bit.ly/3xaNXWK
"Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happy Hour!"
If you loved watching MASH on tv, then be sure to join us on Friday, March 10 as we discuss the story of the 4077th that was told in Richard Hooker’s hilarious and moving novel, M*A*S*H: A Novel About Three Army Doctors. Reserve your spot here: bit.ly/3yditQa
During the American Civil War, between 5,000 and 10,000 civilian women offered their services as nurses and hospital administrators, including Dr. Mary Edwards Walker who remains the only woman ever to receive the Medal of Honor. Follow her story in our upcoming student webinar on Thursday, March 9.
Share this post with students or teachers who may be interested! TEACHERS: Register your students for this inspirational webinar here: bit.ly/3JP5ZVT
Learn the story of the first female accredited correspondent during World War II in the SPY Museum's upcoming webinar detailing the double life of Katharine Clark.
Join us on Monday, March 8 to hear the untold story of the fearless journalist who risked her life for truth and justice. The International Spy Museum and The Pritzker Military Museum & Library welcome author Katharine Gregorio to discuss this intense and too little-known Cold War story, The Double Life of Katharine Clark. Reserve your spot here: bit.ly/3EZ6edT
The Museum & Library is pleased to welcome talented poets from the Chicago-based organization Poems While You Wait on Saturday, March 18th.
Reserve your spot to explore what made the propaganda poems of World War I so impactful and craft your own poem! bit.ly/41McQWB
in 1918, an Army cook becomes case zero for the Spanish Flu in the United States. Learn more by reading Kenneth C. Davis’ More Deadly Than War: the Hidden History of the Spanish Flu and the First World War: bit.ly/3Jde9Xl
Members of the Museum & Library can watch Davis' interview with the PMML here: bit.ly/3Yo25XA
in 1943, aviators from the United States 5th Air Force and the Royal Australian Air Force attacked a Japanese naval convoy in the Bismarck Sea in the vicinity of Lae as part of the New Guinea Campaign of World War II. The Japanese units took heavy damage with all eight Japanese transports and four of the accompanying Japanese destroyers being sunk.
Learn more by reading Bill Yenne’s MacArthur’s Air Force: bit.ly/3Ym2IRI
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John E. Happ’s The Navigation Case: bit.ly/3SV2Fer
We are saddened to hear the last known Tuskegee Airman in the Chicago area, Oscar Lawton Wilkerson, passed last month at the age of 96, a day before his 97th birthday. His spirit and legacy will live on forever.