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 Off-site Lecture
& Display
Tuesday, May 13, 7:30p.m.
Milton Historical Society Museum
in Milton Mills
Treasures of
the Wright Museum, Mark Foynes, Director
- Please see June 17 listing for
program description. The event
will begin with a brief business meeting, with the program
itself starting at 8p.m.
Preview Screening of New
NHPTV-Produced Film
Wednesday, May 14, 7:30
p.m.
Augustus Saint-Gaudens: Master of American
Sculpture
The life and works of one of
America’s greatest sculptors
is the subject of a major new documentary. The
screening will be followed by a discussion with filmmaker
Paul Sanderson.
Also present will be well-known
numismatists Q. David Bowers and David Sundman. In addition
to creatring some of America's most important pieces of
sculpture, Saint-Gaudens also designed many coin molds for
the U.S. mint.
The event is open to the public
and free of charge, and an
RSVP is requested as seating is limited. RSVP to
603/868-1100 or rsvp@nhptv.org.
Memorial Day Dedication 
Monday, May 26, Noon
Rev. David Lindsay;
Harold Chamberlin, American
Legion Post 18;
Congressman Jeb
Bradley
Over years, nearly 1,000 of
individuals have chosen to honor cherished loved ones
and personal friends by donating a commemorative bronze
plaque to be permanently displayed in the Wright
Museum 's
Memorial Courtyard. On the observed date of Memorial
Day, brick donors, their guests, and the general public are
invited to attend a brief ceremony celebrating the
contributions of all WWII veterans--and the veterans of all
American Wars. To learn more about how you can commemorate
a veteran's service, please visit the "Buy a Brick"
section of our membership
page.
Touch-a-Truck: Family Fun at the Wright
Museum!
Saturday, June 14, 10a.m. -
2p.m.
Lower Parking Lots on the
Museum Grounds
Touch-a-Truck
Admission Is Free but Regular Rates Apply for Museum Gallery
Admission
In
keeping with the museum’s nationally-significant collection
of vintage vehicles, this day-long event will give kids a
chance to climb aboard a fire truck, sit in the driver’s
seat of a super-sized dumper, and blare the “ah-ooga” horn
of a real 1940s pickup. In addition, the museum will put on
view several of its own vehicles not normally on display.
What better way to get ready for Fathers Day than
by spending time as a family amidst a veritable
ocean of heavy machinery? Free museum admission will be
extended to dads on this day and Fathers Day
itself.
Touch-A-Truck Is Proudly Sponsored by
Trites Chevrolet Buick & Trites
Chrysler Jeep Dodge
Off-site
Lecture & Display
Tuesday, June 17, 7:00 p.m.
Gilman Library, Alton,
N.H.
Sponsored by the Alton
Historical Society
Treasures of the Wright Museum,
Mark Foynes, Director
The collections of the Wright
Museum offer the most
comprehensive material record in New Hampshire of
the U.S. involvement
in WWII. A special display of artifacts will illustrate this
enjoyable and nostalgic exploration of the personal -and at
times, poignant - experiences of America's
Greatest Generation.
Civic
organizations, veterans' groups, and local historical
societies may contact the museum at (603) 569-1212 to have
this program presented at an upcoming
meeting.
2008
Summer Lecture Series Premier!
Tuesday, June 24, 7p.m.
The Story of Moxie, 1885-1945
Merrill Lewis,New England Moxie
Congress President
Non-member
Admission $5; Museum Members , Free
 Originating as a patent medicine nerve
tonic during the golden age of quackery, Moxie evolved into
one of the most popular soft drinks of the first half of the
20th century. At its height,
Moxie was the top-selling tonic of the time, outpacing rival
brands such as Coca-Cola. Today, Moxie continues to thrive
as a niche product with a devoted following
throughout
New
England . Join us to explore the
rich history of Moxie through a discussion of its creative
marketing, which included Manchester
’s famed “Moxie Bottle
House.”
 In addition,
for one evening only, the Wright Museum will put on display
an authentically-restored "Moxiemobile," which will be on
short-term loan from a local collector. Moxiemobiles were
among the more memorable promotional gimmicks developed to
promote the Moxie brand beginning in the nineteen-teens.
This is a can't-miss
opportunity!
The Wright
Museum thanks Coca-Cola of Northern New England for its
generous sponsorship of this
event
Major support
for the museum's lecture series is provided
by
Lecture
Tuesday,
July 1, 7p.m. • Ernie
Pyle: The Story of a Lost
Photograph
Richard
Pyle, Associated Press Writer and author
of Schwarzkopf and Lost over Laos
Non-member Admission $5; Museum
Members, Free
Wartime correspondent Ernie Pyle’s stories about the
out-of-the-way places he visited and the people who lived
there, were told in a folksy style.that personalized the war for
millions of Americans. When he was killed in 1945, the
U.S. government
ordered the immediate destruction of a photograph of Pyle’s
body out of fear that it would shatter American morale on
the home front.
Click here to read the
full text of Richard Pyle's 2008 story - and to
view the long-suppressed photo. Note: while the image is not
graphic by most standards, it does depict its subject in
death.
The Wright
Museum thanks FairPoint Communications for its generous
sponsorhip of this event.
Major support
for the museum's lecture series is provided
by
Don't Just See the Parade...
Be the Parade!
Friday, July 4th,
10a.m.
Wolfeboro’s Annual 4th of July Parade
 Among the
perennial highlights of this classic small town parade is
the impressive convoy of theWright Museum’s WWII
vehicles.
As a fundraiser to benefit the museum’s
vehicle collection, we will be raffling off several pairs of
tickets, the bearers of which will participate in the parade
by riding in one of these historic vehicles.
To enter this
drawing, please download the Parade Raffle Registration
Form in PDF format or call 603/569-1212 for
more information.
Assistance in
the parade raffle has been provided by the Wolfeboro
Rotary
Lecture
Tuesday, July 8,
7p.m.
The Other
Navy: The Fleet
Auxiliaries of WWII
Richard
Berg, Former USN Motor Machinist 1st Class
David
Warren, Wright Museum
Librarian
Non-member
Admission $5; Museum Members, Free
 A huge fleet of support vessels
operated behind the scenes—often in harm’s way—to keep the
fighting ships going. During WWII, nets were laid in
harbors, anchorages, and around large ships to serve as
protection against submarine and torpedo attacks. When not
performing Net duties these ships were also used as cargo,
salvage, buoy and tug vessels, as well as in the performance
of other duties.Following a brief survey of auxiliary ship
types, WWII veteran Richard Berg will explain how net
tenders protected ships from submarine and torpedo attacks.
David Warren will follow with a discussion of his latest
ship model project, a WWII T-2
Tanker.
The Wright
Museum thanks Ballentine & Finn for its generous
sponsorhip of this event.
Featured Event for Families!
Ride in a Restored
WWII Military Vehicle!
(Click for Images)
Family Day 2008
Sunday, July 13
11a.m.-3:00p.m.
Youngsters and the young at heart will
enjoy a day of special activities, food, and gallery tours.
Re-enactors and special displays round out the event.
Admission includes a BBQ lunch and two rides in vehicles
from the museum's collection. Click here to see a
few highlinghts
from the Wright Museum's 2007 Family Day
event.
The Wright Museum's 11th Annual Family
Day is proudly sponsored by the Wolfeboro Inn, which is
pleased to present fine dining at Wolfe's Tavern
Support for the Wright Museum's special
events is provided by
Lecture
Tuesday, July 15, 7p.m.
Medical Care
on the Battlefield
during WWII
Lt. Col. Eleanor Spiller,
Army
Nurse
Corps, ret.
Non-member Admission $5;
Museum Members, Free
To meet the challenge of World War II
the Medical Department of the U. S. Army expanded to provide
the best in medical and surgical care for more than
8,000,000 American soldiers serving under the most varied
conditions of climate and terrain. Join us to learn more
about the valuable contributions of the thousands of
surgeons, medics, nurses, and other personnel whose valuable
contributions helped to maintain America
’s
fighting
strength.
The Wright
Museum thanks GI Plastek for its generous
sponsorhip of this
event.
Lecture
Tuesday, July 22, 7p.m.
Curious
George and the Flight from Nazi Germany
Nat Scrimshaw, Curious George Cottage
Director
Non-member Admission $5;
Museum Members,
Free  Curious George
co-creators Hans and Margaret Rey fled Germany during
Hitler’s rise to power. The Jewish couple fled to
France, and eventually
America —bringing
with them the original Curious George manuscript, which was
published in 1941. The Reys would eventually settle in
Waterville Valley,
N.H., where they continued
to churn out children’s classics. Nat Scrimshaw was a family
friend whose boyhood memories are filled with vivid
recollections of visits to the Reys’ home.
The Wright
Museum thanks the Penny Candy
Shop , located in Wolfeboro's Durgin Stables,
for its generous sponsorhip of this lecture.
Lecture
Tuesday, July 29, 7p.m .
“By His
Deeds, Measure Yours:” Making the Case for Sacrifice on the
American Home Front
James J. Kimble, Seton Hall
University
Non-member Admission $5; Museum
Members , Free
During WWII, the Office of Civilian Defense
mounted an ambitious home front campaign intended to get
Americans to make sacrifices in support of the war
effort. One of the
more graphic elements of the campaign depicted dead or dying
soldiers, intended as a way for those back home to keep the
privations they were asked to endure in the larger context
of the sacrifices that Americans were making on the
frontlines.
The Wright
Museum thanks Wolfeboro's Backbone
Communications for its generous sponsorhip of
this
event.
Lecture
Tuesday,
August 5, 7p.m.
A Tale of Two
Wars: Parallels between the Civil War & WWII
Mike Pride, Co-Author of My Brave Boys: To War
with Colonel Cross and the Fighting
Fifth and Too Dead to
Die: A Memoir of Bataan and Beyond
Non-member Admission $5; Museum
Members, Free
Separated by eighty years and thousands
of miles, the American experiences of the Civil War and WWII
were undoubtedly historically distinct. There are,
however some striking
similarities.
The Wright
Museum thanks Flags Over Winnipesaukee for its generous
sponsorhip of this lecture.
2008
Featured Event!
An Evening with Ken Burns
Thursday, August 7, 7p.m.
Members Only Reception, 5:30p.m.
Non-Member
Admission - $35
Wright Museum
Members - $20
Click Here for Information about
Purchasing
Tickets
New
Hampshire-based filmmaker Ken Burns has made some of
America's best-loved and most-watched historical
documentaries, which have educated and delighted millions of
viewers for over 30 years.
The Wright Museum
of WWII History is delighted to host this special evening
with a filmmaker that many call "America's Storyteller."
Burns will discuss the inspiration of his most recent
documentary, The War, and
describe the massive undertaking entailed in guiding this
important project from idea to reality. Following a brief
formal talk, Burns will open the floor to audience
questions.
 The
War is a seven-part film that tells the
story of the Second World War through the personal accounts
of 40 men and women from four quintessentially American
towns. The series explores the most intimate human
dimensions of the greatest cataclysm in history - a
worldwide catastrophe that touched the lives of every family
on every street in every town in America.
Six years in the making,
this epic 14-hour film, reminiscent in scope and power of
Burns’s landmark series The
Civil War, focuses on the stories of citizens from four
geographically distributed American towns — Waterbury,
Conn.; Mobile, Ala.; Sacramento, Calif.; and the tiny
farming town of Luverne, Minnesota. These four communities
stand in for — and could represent — any town in
theUnited States
that went through the war’s four devastating years.
Individuals from each community take the viewer through
their own personal and quite often harrowing journeys into
war, painting vivid portraits of how the war dramatically
altered their lives and those of their neighbors, as well as
the country they helped to save for generations to come.
“The Second World War was so massive,
catastrophic and complex, it is almost beyond the mind’s and
the heart’s capacity to process everything that happened
and, more important, what it meant on a human level,” said
Burns.
By focusing on the personal stories of
ordinary Americans who had extraordinary experiences, the
film tries to bring one of the biggest events in the history
of the world down to a very intimate scale. And in the end,
we all begin to see that there are no “ordinary
lives.”
Robert Bianco of USA
Today said, “There are works of TV art so extraordinary
all you can do is be grateful.
With The War, gratitude abounds.”
Keith Olbermann of NBC/MSNBC
said,“This is the finest
documentary series of the last decade… if not more.”
The War
is a production of N.H.-based Florentine Films and
originally aired on PBS stations nation wide in
September 2007. The War was
directed and produced by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick.
Lecture
Tuesday, August 12, 7p.m.
They Sawed
up a Storm: Concord's Women Sawmillers
Sarah S. Smith, UNH Cooperative
Extension
Non-member Admission $5;
Museum Members, Free
In
1942, a group of New Hampshire women operated a sawmill
on the shores of Turkey Pond, Concord.
The sawmill, one of two on the pond, was built to saw
up what remained of the logs stored in the water from the
1938 hurricane. Join us for this slide talk that
illustrates the work of this group of women, the 1938
hurricane, and the determination of the people of New England.
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