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Interesting and Mysterious Facts of World War II
11/6/2025–11/13/2025 (York)
CLOSED
Sorry, registration for this course is now closed.
What was Operation Cold Douche in November 1940? Did the Allies really build concrete ships? Find out why actor Edward G. Robinson was concerned about making a certain movie in 1939. Why was the British classification level of “Control” of concern to the Americans? Why did Comiso Airfield on the island of Sicily become of great technical importance to the Allies? Ken Weiler will discuss these and many more obscure, interesting, and fascinating facts that occurred during World War II.
Course meets on November 6 and 13.
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Allied Campaign in Italy: 1943-45
11/11/2025–11/18/2025 (University Park)
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Rick will discuss the Allied campaign in Italy from 1943–45, including the landings at Salerno and Anzio. The rugged Italian interior presented major obstacles for the Allies as they sought to drive the Nazis out of Italian peninsula. Fierce battles raged up and down the peninsula as the Nazis and Italian Facists provided stiff resistance.
This course is offered in a hybrid format. The course is held in-person at the Outreach Building and broadcast from the classroom online via Zoom. This is the in-person section.
Course dates are Tuesdays, November 11 and 18.
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Allied Campaign in Italy: 1943-45
11/11/2025–11/18/2025 (Online)
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Dates: 11/11/2025–11/18/2025
Times: 1:30 PM–3:00 PM
Days: Tu
Sessions: 2
Where: Online, Zoom
Instructor: Rick Bigelow
Course Number: 127302
Sorry, registration for this course is now closed.
Rick will discuss the Allied campaign in Italy from 1943–45, including the landings at Salerno and Anzio. The rugged Italian interior presented major obstacles for the Allies as they sought to drive the Nazis out of Italian peninsula. Fierce battles raged up and down the peninsula as the Nazis and Italian Facists provided stiff resistance.
This course is offered in a hybrid format. The course is held in-person at the Outreach Building and broadcast from the classroom online via Zoom. This is the online section.
Course dates are Tuesdays, November 11 and 18.
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FDR and His Polio
11/13/2025 (York)
Member Fee: $11.00
Nonmember Fee: $22.00
When: 11/13/2025, 1:00 PM–2:30 PM
Where: Main Classroom Building, Conference Center 31 B&C, 1031 Edgecomb Ave York, PA 17403
Instructor: Barry Sparks
Course Number: 117001
When Franklin Roosevelt contracted polio at age 39 in 1921, most people thought his public life was over. People with disabilities were expected to stay home and out of sight. It was unheard of for people with severe disabilities to serve in politics, but FDR, who was the Democratic nominee for Vice President in 1920, changed all of that. Find out how he overcame his disability to become President, and how having polio made him a better person and politician. How did his opponents use his disability against him? How did the media treat his disability?
THIS COURSE WAS RESCHEDULED TO THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13 AT 1PM
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Lessons from the Great Depression
11/14/2025–11/21/2025 (Online)
Member Fee: $25.00
Nonmember Fee: $40.00
Dates: 11/14/2025–11/21/2025
Times: 11:00 AM–12:30 PM
Days: F
Sessions: 2
Where: Online, Zoom
Instructor: Ed Linz
Course Number: 127401
Two sessions will cover events in the 1920s leading up to the start of the Great Depression, including ominous parallels between the 1920s and the 2020s. During this course, the instructor suggests that the seeds were sown following the end of World War I and subsequent events throughout the 1920s. Discuss the political and economic conditions during the 1930s and the early years of World War II, with detailed examination of the lives of a diverse group of Americans who lived during this tumultuous period of American life. There will be a discussion of lessons learned with questions and comments solicited.
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America’s Last Frontier: The Story of Alaska
11/17/2025 (York)
Member Fee: $11.00
Nonmember Fee: $22.00
When: 11/17/2025, 11:00 AM–12:30 PM
Where: Main Classroom Building, Conference Center, 1031 Edgecomb Ave York, PA 17403
Instructor: John Maietta
Course Number: 110901
The Last Frontier, Seward’s Folly, and The Land of the Midnight Sun are three nicknames that embody popular notions of Alaska. But the real story of America’s biggest and wildest state is more complex. This course explores 300 years of Alaska’s fascinating history — from the first Russian fur-trading settlements, through the booming Gold Rush days, to the modern challenge of balancing natural resource development with conservation, tourism, and the preservation of native Alaskan culture.
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Seeing Women Through the Lens of Postcards
12/1/2025 (Harrisburg)
Join Penn State Harrisburg's archivist, Heidi Abbey Moyer, in this introductory course as she takes you on a visual journey through time and through the postcards in the Alice Marshall Women's History Collection. Learn about deltiology, the study and collection of postcards. View and touch some of the 6,000+ postcards in the largest, privately compiled women's history collection in the country—right in your backyard at Penn State Harrisburg. Topics that Ms. Moyer will cover include postcards that reflect the history of woman suffrage in America and the UK, stereotypes of women, and "women as edible objects."
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