Alex Kershaw and the “Greatest Generation” discusses the impact of World War II on the lives of the veterans. Neil Miller, author of “Banned in Boston.” Tufts professor of journalism Miller examines the history of Boston’s “Watch and Ward Society” - a small but well-funded group of moral watchdogs of indecency in Boston entertainment starting in the 1870s.įriday, July 15, 7 p.m. Stephen Budiansky, author of “Perilous Fight: America’s Intrepid War with Britain on the High Seas, 1812-1815.” Budiansky, a military historians, discusses how the fledgling American navy, led by a handful of super frigates, including the USS Constitution, used superior ships and tactics against a superior British adversary in the “Second War for Independence.” The heroics of the American navy allowed the Yanks to defeat the British in spite of their difficulties on land and allowed the new republic to become recognized as a legitimate country.

Schorow examines what happened that night and what were the ramifications of this inferno.įriday, July 8, 7 p.m. There were 492 people killed, hundreds more were injured. 28, 1942, it burned to the ground in what remains as the deadliest nightclub fire in American history. Stephanie Schorow, author of “The Cocoanut Grove Fire.” The Cocoanut Grove was a nightclub in Boston when, on Nov. Reservations and information can be found at. Winslow House, 634 Careswell St., Marshfield, has scheduled the following adult programs and lectures for July.

Banned in Boston by Neil Miller