Eighty years ago, veterans of World War II were starting to come home, able to spend the holidays with their families again in peacetime. As we reflect on the happiness they experienced, let us all find peace, joy, and comfort with our loved ones as we share this precious time of year. From all of us at the American Heritage Museum, Happy Holidays and Seasons Greetings to you, wherever you are, and our best wishes for a happy and healthy 2026! ![]()
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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!
Don't miss this Friday's Speaker Series - Cold War Massachusetts: Hidden Infrastructure and the Legacy of Preparedness. Dec. 12th, 2:30 to 3:30. See: www.americanheritagemuseum.org/event/speaker-series-cold-war-massachusetts-hidden-infrastructure-...
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IHI / AHM Speaker Series: “The Coming Storm: Another Great Power War?”
February 19, 2021 @ 12:00 pm, ending 1:30 pm
Virtual presentation by speakers:
Clinton Reach, Policy Analyst, RAND Corporation
Erik Goldstein, Professor of Intl. Relations and History, IHI Senior Fellow
Cathal J. Nolan, Professor of History and Director of the International History Institute.
Is the “Long Peace” that began in 1945 ending? Are we approaching yet another Great Power War? What issues and which players might wage the next major war? Can it be limited or will it go general (and nuclear)? Or will it become, like both world wars did, a long war of attrition that engages whole nations in destruction?
12:00 PM to 1:30 PM. Friday, February 19th
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 948 8683 6830
Passcode: 183322
