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SUMMARY:Partner Event: History Education\, Race\, and the Forging of Our National Identity
DESCRIPTION:Partner Event\nHistory Education\, Race\, and the Forging of Our National Identity\nwith Donald Yacovone\n\nSaturday\, March 9\, 2024 \n11:00 AM – 12:30 PM\nMinnesota History Center\n\n\n\nFor information see the MNHS page here \nSifting through an astounding array of textbooks from the colonial era through the 20th century\, Donald Yacovone reveals how Northern publishers perpetuated the pernicious myth of white supremacy through the teaching of American history. Yacovone’s newest book—Teaching White Supremacy—marshals a wealth of evidence to show how racial bias insidiously endured in our education system\, how it burrowed into the heart of our collective national identity\, and why the topic of race in education is still hotly contested today. Join us for an important reminder about the power of history to shape a nation\, for better or for worse. Public reception and book signings with Dr. Yacovone to follow. \nDonald Yacovone is a lifetime associate at Harvard University’s Hutchins Center for African and African American Research and has written and edited nine books\, including Teaching White Supremacy: America’s Democratic Ordeal and the Forging of Our National Identity. He won an NAACP Image Award (with Henry Louis Gates\, Jr.) for The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross and received the W.E.B. Du Bois Medal in 2013\, Harvard’s highest honor in African American studies.
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LOCATION:Minnesota History Center\, 345 W. Kellogg Blvd\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55102\, United States
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SUMMARY:WWII History Round Table: The Viking Battalion
DESCRIPTION:The Dr. Harold C. Deutsch WWII History Round Table & History Revealed\nThe Viking Battalion: Norwegian American Ski Troopers in World War II \nwith Olaf Minge\, Dr. Kyle Ward and Erik Brun\nTuesday\, February 13\, 2024\nAt the Minnesota History Center\nProgram: 7:00 pm\nStudent Outreach: 5:45 pm\nParticipate in informal conversations with the authors and veterans on the program topic. \nRound Table admission is free • Parking $6/$4 MNHS members \nMinnesota History Center \nRound Table admission is free;\nParking $6/$4 MNHS members \nThe Minnesota History Center’s Market House Grab-n-Go will be open from 4–7 pm on Round Table evenings. Join us for a quick sandwich\, snack\, or beverage before the programs start. \nJoin the WWII History Round Table and RCHS  for a very special evening as authors and collaborators of The Viking Battalion\, Erik Brun\, Kyle Ward\, and Olaf Minge\, share a collection of biographies of the veterans from the 99th Battalion. The battalion was formed by Norwegian-Americans for ground operations in Norway\, which was later reconsidered. They showed great valor in the battles of Europe. \nHidden in the crevasses of World War II history is the story of the 99th Infantry Battalion (Separate*). A small unit that rarely gets any attention\, it is part of a fascinating story. Alongside battalions of Austrian\, Greek\, Filipino and Japanese Americans\, the Army decided to create an all Norwegian American battalion\, originally trained at Camp Hale\, Colorado\, along with the 10th Mountain Division\, with the original mission of liberating Norway. Their exploits during training brought them enough notoriety that members of the 99th were recruited to start the First Special Service Force and a branch of the OSS. Although they were not initially sent to Norway\, they would fight in Normandy\, across France and Belgium\, helped entrap the Germans at Aachen\, protected the city of Malmedy during the Battle of the Bulge (where they stopped an attack by Skorzeny and a SS Panzer Division)\, helped liberate Buchenwald\, guarded the Nazi treasures found in Merkers mine and finally served as the Honor Guard for King Haakon VII on his triumphant return to Norway. \nThe Viking Battalion: Norwegian American Ski Troopers in World War II tells the story of the 99th Infantry Battalion through an anthology of rarely\, if ever\, previously seen memoirs\, journals\, letters and newspaper articles written by or about the Viking soldiers. \n“What is engaging about this book is that you get to hear the authentic voices of the soldiers through their memoirs\, journal entries\, and letters. Some are long\, some are short\, but all are worth reading for the insights you get into the minds of the ordinary soldier and what catches his eye.” ― The Norwegian American \nPresenters & Editors\nErik Brun is the son of Christian Magnus From Brun\, a Norwegian immigrant and a rifleman in Company C\, 99th Infantry Battalion (separate*). Erik completed a thirty-year career as an Army Logistics Officer serving as a battalion commander and Group Support Operations Officer (SOO). He holds an MBA and Master’s Degree in Public History focused on researching the battalion’s saga and served as the president of the 99th Infantry Battalion Education Foundation from 2014 to 2023. \nOlaf Minge is the grandson of Captain Raymond K. Minge\, the Doctor attached to the 99th Infantry Battalion. He has been active in international service programs with a particular focus on clean water projects in Haiti. He has served on the board of several organizations\, including a regional chapter of the Norwegian American Chamber of Commerce. Olaf has been a Director of IT for a global Fortune 50 company. Olaf lives in Saint Paul\, Minnesota. \nKyle Ward is the Director of Social Studies Education and teaches classes about World War II\, at Minnesota State University\, Mankato. He earned his Ph.D. from Indiana State University and has written other books on military history and historiography. \n*The 99th  Infantry Battalion was created separate from any other formal military organization. They didn’t belong to a specific division or regiment\, at least not until January 1945 when they helped to create the 474th  Infantry Regiment (which oddly enough\, was also separate). This classification allowed for the higher command to plug them in anywhere they wanted\, which is what makes this unit so unique in their World War II involvements. They got to see and experience a lot more because of this classification\, for better or worse. This was also a title that the Veterans of this unit were very proud of. \nParking & Visitor Information for MNHS
URL:https://rchs.com/event/wwii-history-round-table-the-viking-battalion/
LOCATION:Minnesota History Center\, 345 W. Kellogg Blvd\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55102\, United States
CATEGORIES:History Revealed,Special Events
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