AFA Gabriel Chapter Notification - Cold War Museum Presentation

When

Sunday, November 3, 2019 from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM EST
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Where

Old Bust Head Brewing Company
7134 Farm Station Road
Warrenton, VA 20187

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Contact

Mike Winters
AFA Gabriel Chapter #433
703-409-7474
va433.gabriel@afa.org

Air Force Association

Gabriel Chapter #433
Notification

Cold War Museum Presentation

Noted Czech Historian
Dr. Martin Nekola

"From One Master to Another: Post-War Czechoslovakia, Fleeing the Communist Coup, and Life as a Cold War Exile"

& Cold War Museum Tour

November 3, 2019

The AFA Gabriel Chapter wants to let you know about a presentation at our AFA Community Partner, the Cold War Museum. The guest speaker is noted Czech historian Dr, Martin Nekola. an expert on the early Cold War.

Czechoslovakia was liberated from the Nazis in May 1945, but one authoritarian regime rapidly replaced the previous one as sovietization and the increasing domination of the Communist Party took place. The Communists completed the takeover in February 1948, and their totalitarian regime lasted for more than four decades.

After the takeover, thousands of Czechs and Slovaks (up to 300,000 between 1948-1989) seeking the return of freedom and democracy to their homeland fled to the West. Their first steps in the Free World brought them into the so-called displaced persons camps in the Western occupation zones of Germany and Austria or in Italy. The first periodicals were published, and the first seeds of political activity were born and later developed by numerous exile groups and entities. Almost seven dozen newspapers, magazines, and newsletters, and nearly one hundred ninety Czech institutions, including political organizations, parties, academic clubs, and think tanks, operated in the Free World after 1948. For more information about this time, ses the link below.

Dr. Nekola will discuss all aspects of the Czechoslovak Cold War exiles, with a particular focus in the USA.

Dr. Martin Nekola, Ph.D., received his doctorate in political science at the Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic. He spent several months as a post-dostoral research fellow at Columbia University and received a number of research grants in the USA. His research is focused on non-democratic regimes, the era of Communism, Czech communities abroad, and East-European anti-communist exiles in the USA in the early Cold War. For more information about him, see the link below.

To Register for this event, and obtain more information: To Register -- From One Master To Another

The museum has requested that AFA members SIGN UP for tickets IN ADVANCE, so that the museum can plan for the number of attendees with Old Bust Head.

The timeline is:

* 1330-1400 - Participants arrive; they may get their beer or other drink at this time.

* 1400-1410 - Jason Hall, Executive Director of the Cold War Museum, introduces the Museum, then Martin.

* 1410 -1530 - Martin presents on the Communist Coup in Czechoslovakia, and life as a Cold War exile.

* 1530-1600 - Q&A opportunity for the audience.

* 1600-1700 - The Museum (next door) will be open for event participants, with staff providing a tour for those interested.

The cost is $35, including the presentation; a $7 coupon toward a craft beer draft, Kombucha, or other drink; a $10 contribution to the Cold War Museum; and special access to the Museum (next door) for the events participants following the presentation. Tickets at the door, if available, will be $45.

For the kids, the appropriate drinks will be available.

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