Join Vice Admiral Richard P. Breckenridge and Pritzker Military Museum & Library CEO and President Kenneth Clarke for a discussion on naval affairs and command. Presented in partnership with the Chicago Navy Memorial Foundation.

Join Vice Admiral Richard P. Breckenridge and Pritzker Military Museum & Library CEO and President Kenneth Clarke for a discussion on naval affairs and command. Presented in partnership with the Chicago Navy Memorial Foundation.

The Battle of Cantigny. Sponsored by the First Division Museum at Cantigny. Dr. John Allen Williams moderates a discussion between James Carl Nelson, author of The Remains of Company D: A Story of the Great War and Paul Herbert, Executive Director of…

The Battle of Cantigny. Sponsored by the First Division Museum at Cantigny. Dr. John Allen Williams moderates a discussion between James Carl Nelson, author of The Remains of Company D: A Story of the Great War and Paul Herbert, Executive Director of the First...

The 1914 assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, began a pivotal month that saw the formation of political alliances that would change the world and leave it on the brink of the first truly global conflict.

The 1914 assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, began a pivotal month that saw the formation of political alliances that would change the world and leave it on the brink of the first truly global conflict.

In Chicago Transformed, Joseph Gustaitis recounts how World War I changed Chicago and how the city helped shape the history of World War I. Sponsored by the United States World War One Centennial Commission.

Join the Museum & Library and WTTW for an advance screening of a segment of the PBS documentary series on WWI followed by an interview with the director of episode three of the series, Rob Rapley. Sponsored by WTTW.

A native of Chicago, Captain William San Hamel was a member of the Department of the Army Special Photographic Office (DASPO), serving as an Officer with the Pacific Unit from 1967-1969 where he acted as a producer and director, approving the photographs…