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  • Composite image with a silhouette of a Soldier in the background. Layered over this image is the Distinguished Speaker Series logo above the title, date and location of the event: "The Ethics of War," April 2, 2025, Riverfront Community Center, Leavenworth, Kansas.

    Distinguished Speaker Series – Ethics of War

    Riverfront Community Center 123 S. Esplanade St., Leavenworth, KS, United States

    You are invited to a Distinguished Speaker Series dinner event on April 2, 2025, at the Riverfront Community Center in downtown Leavenworth, Kansas (123 S. Esplanade St.). A reception begins at 5:30 p.m., the buffet dinner starts at 6 p.m. and the presentation will begin at 7 p.m. Our current world is filled with friction […]

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  • Composite image with the iconic image of a member of the CIA helping evacuees up a ladder onto an Air America helicopter on the roof of 22 Gia Long Street on April 29, 1975, shortly before Saigon fell to advancing North Vietnamese troops by Hugh van Es, a UPI photographer at the time. Layered over this image is the Distinguished Speaker Series logo above above the title and date of the event: "1975 - The Fall of South Vietnam," Thursday, May 8, 2025.

    Distinguished Speaker Series: 1975 – The Fall of South Vietnam

    Riverfront Community Center 123 S. Esplanade St., Leavenworth, KS, United States

    You are invited to a Distinguished Speaker Series dinner event on May 8, 2025, at the Riverfront Community Center in downtown Leavenworth, Kansas (123 S. Esplanade St.). A reception begins at 5:30 p.m., the buffet dinner starts at 6 p.m. and the presentation will begin at 7 p.m. In 1973, the United States and the […]

  • Composite image with a 1989 military photo taken at Pueblo Army Depot in Colorado of Soviet inspectors and their American counterparts looking at a Pershing II missile prior to its destruction as part of the INF Treaty. Layered over this image is the Distinguished Speaker Series logo above the title, date and location of the event: "Implementing U.S. Arms Control Agreements," Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025, Riverfront Community Center, Leavenworth, Kansas. On the right side is the cover of a new book by the same name as the event.

    Distinguished Speaker Series: Implementing U.S. Arms Control Agreements

    Riverfront Community Center 123 S. Esplanade St., Leavenworth, KS, United States

    You are invited to a Distinguished Speaker Series dinner event on Sept. 24, 2025, at the Riverfront Community Center in downtown Leavenworth, Kansas (123 S Esplanade St.). A reception begins at 5:30 p.m., the buffet dinner starts at 6 p.m. and the presentation will begin at 7 p.m. Verification of arms control agreements has become […]

  • Composite image with the cover of the book "The Impossible Mission" layered over a map of Iraq in the background. Layered over this image is the Distinguished Speaker Series logo above the title, date and location of the event: "The Impossible Mission," Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025, Riverfront Community Center, Leavenworth, Kansas.

    Distinguished Speaker Series – The Impossible Mission

    Riverfront Community Center 123 S. Esplanade St., Leavenworth, KS, United States

    You are invited to a Distinguished Speaker Series dinner event on Oct. 15, 2025, at the Riverfront Community Center in downtown Leavenworth, Kansas (123 S. Esplanade St.). A reception begins at 5:30 p.m., the buffet dinner starts at 6 p.m. and the presentation will begin at 7 p.m. Our decision to go to war in […]