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Arthur MacArthur Jr. & Douglas MacArthur - Freemasons: An Interview with CHRISTOPHER KOLAKOWSKI - SHORT
Enjoy the first Eight minute of the Eighth Episode of THE WIDE MASONIC WORLD - Join hosts Robert Cooper and Mark Tabbert for a in-depth conversation with Christopher Kolakowski, Executive Director of the Wisconsin Veterans' Museum, Madison.
We discuss his paper on the life and times of LT. Gen. Arthur MacArthur, Jr. MH and his son General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, MH. Both served as Generals in the US Army, both earned the Congressional Medal of Honor and both were Freemasons. MacArthur the Elder joined in Arkansas, and MacArthur the younger joined in the Philippines.
Along the way Chris, Bob and Mark share various stories and insights into military Freemasonry, Freemasons in the US Civil War, the Pacific and Burma Theaters of the the Second World War and the Korean War.
Christopher L. Kolakowski is Director of the Wisconsin Veterans Museum,
https://wisvetsmuseum.com/
a position he has held since January 6, 2020. He was born and raised in Fredericksburg, Va. but his mother’s family has very deep roots in the Badger State. Chris received his BA in History and Mass Communications from Emory & Henry College, and his MA in Public History from the State University of New York at Albany.
Chris has spent his career interpreting and preserving American military history with the National Park Service, New York State government, the Rensselaer County (NY) Historical Society, the Civil War Preservation Trust, Kentucky State Parks, and the U.S. Army. Between 2013 and2020 he was the Executive Director of the Douglas MacArthur Memorial in Norfolk, VA.
He has written and spoken extensively on various aspects of military history and leadership from 1775 to the present and was the inaugural Director of the General George Patton Museum and Center of Leadership at Fort Knox, Kentucky.
Chris has published three books on the Civil War and three on World War II in the Pacific. He is a reviewer and contributor to the Air Force Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs and a Senior Fellow at the Consortium of Indo-Pacific Researchers. His latest book, titled Tenth Army Commander, is about General Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., who was killed in battle on Okinawa.
Chris is a Past Master Landmark Lodge #41 in Versailles KY, serving in the East in 2008.
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By Masonic Authors' Guild InternationalEnjoy the first Eight minute of the Eighth Episode of THE WIDE MASONIC WORLD - Join hosts Robert Cooper and Mark Tabbert for a in-depth conversation with Christopher Kolakowski, Executive Director of the Wisconsin Veterans' Museum, Madison.
We discuss his paper on the life and times of LT. Gen. Arthur MacArthur, Jr. MH and his son General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, MH. Both served as Generals in the US Army, both earned the Congressional Medal of Honor and both were Freemasons. MacArthur the Elder joined in Arkansas, and MacArthur the younger joined in the Philippines.
Along the way Chris, Bob and Mark share various stories and insights into military Freemasonry, Freemasons in the US Civil War, the Pacific and Burma Theaters of the the Second World War and the Korean War.
Christopher L. Kolakowski is Director of the Wisconsin Veterans Museum,
https://wisvetsmuseum.com/
a position he has held since January 6, 2020. He was born and raised in Fredericksburg, Va. but his mother’s family has very deep roots in the Badger State. Chris received his BA in History and Mass Communications from Emory & Henry College, and his MA in Public History from the State University of New York at Albany.
Chris has spent his career interpreting and preserving American military history with the National Park Service, New York State government, the Rensselaer County (NY) Historical Society, the Civil War Preservation Trust, Kentucky State Parks, and the U.S. Army. Between 2013 and2020 he was the Executive Director of the Douglas MacArthur Memorial in Norfolk, VA.
He has written and spoken extensively on various aspects of military history and leadership from 1775 to the present and was the inaugural Director of the General George Patton Museum and Center of Leadership at Fort Knox, Kentucky.
Chris has published three books on the Civil War and three on World War II in the Pacific. He is a reviewer and contributor to the Air Force Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs and a Senior Fellow at the Consortium of Indo-Pacific Researchers. His latest book, titled Tenth Army Commander, is about General Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., who was killed in battle on Okinawa.
Chris is a Past Master Landmark Lodge #41 in Versailles KY, serving in the East in 2008.