The George C. Marshall Foundation is excited to announce the Fall 2024 lineup of its popular Legacy Lecture series. This fall, we will feature three enlightening lectures from leading experts in history, exploring topics of intelligence, identity, and popular culture during and after World War II. Lectures can be attended in-person at our building in Lexington, Virginia, or streamed live on our YouTube channel.
General Information
How can I attend?
Seating is limited. To reserve a seat, or for more information about the event, contact [email protected] or call 540.463.7103, ext. 138.
How can I watch from home?
The presentations will also be live streamed on the Marshall Foundation YouTube channel (https://bit.ly/2Or0E8D) simultaneously. Viewers of the stream are encouraged to write questions using the live video chat (to the lower right of the video) or via email at [email protected]. Chat is monitored for abusive comments.
Postponed: Asian American Spies
NOTE: Due to an emergency, this lecture has been rescheduled until May 2025. Discover how how Asian Americans like Archie Chun Ming, Dick Hamada, and Ralph Yempuku served as spies, double agents, and guerrilla fighters during WWII. They gathered intelligence, produced propaganda, and disrupted enemy supply lines, and despite facing internal and external threats due to their ethnicities, their efforts were crucial to the Allied victory.
September 19: Rosie and the General
Marshall developed a deep, lifelong friendship with his much younger goddaughter, Rose Page Wilson. Their letters, exchanged over 40 years, reveal a different side of Marshall—his humor, kindness, and wisdom—as he guided her through life's challenges.
October 10: Cold War Country
Beginning the 1950s, Nashville’s country leaders partnered with the Pentagon, using artists like Johnny Cash to promote military service through armed forces radio and base concerts. Explore how these collaborations boosted the country music industry and influenced ideas of patriotism, race relations, political divisions, and America’s international image.
October 15 : GI Journalists
This event in Washington, D.C., with Dr. Molly Manning is invitation-only, but we are pleased to offer a recording of her popular presentation from 2023.
November 7: American and Soviet Penpals
Historian Alexis Peri uncovers the “diplomacy of the heart” during the early Cold War through letters exchanged by Soviet and American women from WWII’s end into the 1950s. These pen pals shared personal struggles, discussing family, work, and social issues, despite their governments’ increasing paranoia. Their correspondence offers a unique, heartfelt perspective on Cold War tensions and the quest for understanding.
The George C. Marshall Foundation Legacy Series is sponsored by:
The Anne C. Robins & Walter R. Robins, Jr. Foundation