Come at 7:00 for Coffee, Cookies & Conversation & 7:30 Meeting. Our November speaker is Philip Padgett, discussing his recent book “Advocating Overlord…The D-Day Strategy and the Atom Bomb.” Mr. Padgett will describe the conflicting views, contradictory strategies, and political dynamics that led to the highly controversial D-Day invasion plan, Operation Overlord.
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NOVEMBER 12th: KHS Meeting, Town Hall, Lower Level, 3710 Mitchell Street. Come at 7:00 for Coffee, Cookies & Conversation & 7:30 Meeting. Our November speaker is Philip Padgett, discussing his recent book “Advocating Overlord…The D-Day Strategy and the Atom Bomb.” Mr. Padgett will describe the conflicting views, contradictory strategies, and political dynamics that led to the highly controversial D-Day invasion plan, Operation Overlord.
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Program description for January 14, 2020 7:00 pm - 7:30 pm: Refreshments 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm: Panel discussion, followed by Q & A Back by popular demand… Please join the Kensington Historical Society (KHS) for a special program for all property owners in the Town’s Historic District as well as for all who are interested in understanding the significance of the town’s history and how to preserve it. Many people contact the KHS with questions about the whys and wherefores of renovating or adding on to a…
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Please join the Kensington Historical Society for a special presentation: Dry Oases: Local Prohibitions of Alcohol in Kensington, Damascus, and Takoma Park by Ranjit Dighe Coffee: 7:00 PM, Speaker 7:30 PM Ranjit Dighe, economic historian, will discuss his research into how Kensington and two other towns embraced prohibition long before the nation did and why they kept their prohibitions for more than half a century after national prohibition ended.
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