About Our Event

Speakers

Tom Hartshone: The Effect of WW1 on American Society and Culture

Tom Hartshorne has been a professor at Kent State University, l964-67, and at Cleveland State University from l967 to the present. He is also author of Distorted Image and papers on the social fabric.

Lannie Liggera: The Making of "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death."

Lannie Liggera, former Chair of the New England/New York Chapter of WFA will speak on Major Robert Gregory's RFC career and ultimate connection to the poet William Butler Yeats.

Joe Liggera: Tone in e e cummings' "The Enormous Room."

Dr. Joe Liggera is Treasurer of the USA branch of WFA and former professor of English and American literature, and Film.

Jason Rutledge: U.S. Coast Guard's Participation In WW1

Petty Officer Jason Rutledge of the USCG has trained and experienced in the search, seizure and boarding of vessels. Originally from Seattle, he is now a popular lecturer in the Cleveland area, particularly in the field of law enforcement.

Len Shurtleff: Woodrow Wilson's Road to War

The Honorable Len Shurtleff, well-regarded former President of WFA-USA, will trace the evolution of Wilson's foreign policy toward Europe and the decision to go to war in l9l7.

Steve Suddaby: Buzzer Nights: Zeppelin Raids on Hull

Steve Suddaby is winner of the l998 Thornton D. Hooper Award for Excellence in Aviation History and is a descendant of a resident of Hull, England. He has visited Hull twice to study the Hull raids.

Registration

Seminar registration begins at 8:30 AM May 17, 2008 at the Armory. First lecture begins 9:00. Registration fee is $55, which includes our popular Prime Rib dinner again. Please register in advance if possible. Checks payable to:

Stan Jaffe
2729 Rochester Rd.
Shaker Hts., Ohio 44122.

Accommodations Available

Special room rate at the Hilton Garden Inn across from Indians field now called Progressive Park. Rate $109 per night. They held a block at our 06 venture and no one used the offer. So this is next best. Cut off date will be April 16th. phone 1.800.8715917 and/or 216.658.6400.

Our Special Chow Hall
The Playhouse Club is a dining room near our seminar spot, Gray's Armory Museum. They will have a room for any of our seminar guys who wish to gather at the end of the day for a dinner. This is part of the old amd famous Cleveland Playhouse Theater You can note this on your applications or just join in when you get here. Not uncluded in semnar cost of 55 bucks, though.