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On Wednesday, June 30, the First Division Museum at Cantigny Park welcomes the 1st Infantry Division Band and the Commanding General's Mounted Color Guard.
The First Division Museum at Cantigny Park in Wheaton will host guest panel of current and retired U.S. Army generals who will share their thoughts on applying leadership, in their military lives and beyond. All six speakers are current or former Commanding Generals of the 1st Infantry Division, the famed "Big Red One."
Cantigny program looks at code talkers from World War I Learn how Native Americans played a vital role in World War I The next virtual "Date With History" will discuss how Native American languages were first used by the U.S. Armed Forces to secure military communication during World War I. In the last few months of the war, Choctaw soldiers were instrumental in helping the American Expeditionary Force to win several key battles in the Mousse-Argonne campaign. Courtesy of First Division Museum Dr. William C. Meadows Updated 5/27/2021 12:00 PM First Division Museum, 1S151 Wi...
Date with History to study 'Nuremberg and the Modern Laws of War' May 6 Guards stand watch over the prisoners on trial during the Nuremberg trials, held 75 years ago following World War II Courtesy of First Division Museum John M. Geiringer Updated 5/1/2021 1:29 AM The First Division Museum at Cantigny Park in Wheaton continues its acclaimed "Date with History" series with a virtual program about the Nuremberg trials, held 75 years ago following World War II. Guest speaker John M. Geiringer will put the event in historical context and discuss how it led to the laws of armed...
Date with History to explore a lesser known aspect of Operation Desert Storm At the next virtual "Date with History," get a boots-on-the-ground perspective of the largest U.S. artillery bombardment since World War II with author and retired Col. L. Scott Lingamfelter in "Desert Redleg: Artillery Warfare in the First Gulf War." Courtesy of First Division Museum Updated 2/16/2021 2:03 PM The First Division Museum at Cantigny Park in Wheaton continues its "Date with History" series with a virtual program focused on Operation Desert Storm. Retired Col. L. Scott Lingamfelter will ...