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Schedule for
Military Matters: Defense, Development, & Dissent
in the Pikes Peak Region

Sat., June 6, 2015
East Library
5550 N. Union Blvd.
Colorado Springs, CO 80918

click here to make reservations for this free event

8:30 a.m.
Doors open at the East Library

9:00 - 9:15 a.m.
Welcome

9:15 - 10:45 a.m.
Development
  • Michael L. Olsen--"Me encontre con seis americanos” - The Spanish Military Expedition that Changed the History of the Southwest
  • Susan Fletcher—How the Civil War Built Colorado Springs
  • Heather Jordan—The Man in the Hat: The Story of Leo Mohl
  • Greg Atkins—The Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce & the Making of the Modern Garrison City, 1940–1950 

11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Defense
  • Eric Swab—Pikes Peak Summit: The Strategic Advantage
  • Katherine Scott Sturdevant—Sacrifices for Service: Amache Voluntarism, Missionary Martyrdom, & Legendary Memory
  • Rick W. Sturdevant—“We Will Make Colorado Springs the Space Capital of the Free World”
  • William Schultz—Upward Christian Soldiers: The Evangelization of the United States Air Force Academy

12:30 - 1:15 p.m. Complimentary Light Lunch

1:15 - 2:45 p.m.
Dissent
  • Robert S. Kreider—An Intrusion of Dissenters in Colorado Springs on the Eve of World War II
  • Bill Sulzman—The Soldiers in Revolt at Fort Carson, 1968–1972
  • Mary Elizabeth Ruwell—U.S. Air Force Academy & Colorado Springs Community Interaction during the Vietnam War Era
  • Mary Sprunger-Froese—HEAVENS NO! Dissent to Space Warfare, 1983–Present

     3:00 p.m. – Reception and “An afternoon with Col. John M. Chivington,” portrayed by Ken Oyer

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