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Speaker Series: Cold War Massachusetts - Tomorrow, 12/12 at 2:30.Did you know MIT in Cambridge became one of the most important research centers for U.S. Cold War defense technology, especially through its Lincoln Laboratory, founded in 1951. The lab played a major role in developing the SAGE (Semi-Automatic Ground Environment) air-defense system—one of the earliest large-scale computer networks, and a precursor to modern digital command-and-control and networking technologies. Learn more tomorrow! ... See MoreSee Less
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IHI / AHM Speaker Series: “No Greater Love: Sacrificing to Save Enemy Lives in Wartime”

August 19, 2021 @ 12:00 pm, ending 2:00 pm

$20

By Cathal J. Nolan, Director International History Institute.

Mercy toward the enemy by medics, German and Allied officers & ordinary soldiers, & Ukrainian tankers in the Donbass in 2015. Tales of ordinary decency in extraordinary circumstances drawn from five 20th and 21st century wars.

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Date:
August 19, 2021
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12:00 pm, ending 2:00 pm
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$20
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The American Heritage Museum will be open on Monday, December 29; Tuesday, December 30; and Wednesday, December 31 from 10:00am to 5:00pm daily. The museum will be closed on Thursday, January 1st.