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Category: This Week In History

November 17, 2021

Back-to-Back-to-Back Conferences: Cairo to Tehran to Cairo

In November and December 1943, American and British leaders, including President Franklin Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill, met with…

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November 1, 2021

Marshall and Dill: “A Dear Friend, Unique in My Lifetime”

Near the entrance of Arlington National Cemetery, there is the grave of a senior British officer from World War II,…

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June 15, 2021

Three Scotches Aboard at Amherst

Before George Marshall settled on Harvard University as the venue for his speech about the European Recovery Program, he had…

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May 27, 2021

Marshall and the Church at Vaux

This week, the Marshall Foundation says goodbye to our amazing curator, Cathy DeSilvey. We thank her for her years of…

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April 27, 2021

The Urgent Necessity of Frequent Visits

“The big thing I learned in World War II was the urgent necessity of frequent visits … I was abreast…

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March 24, 2021

“The Old Professor” in China

On a wintry evening in December 1945, the telephone at Dodona Manor rang for General Marshall. It was President Harry…

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March 10, 2021

“Being Educated on Hawaiian Defensive Conditions”

“The big thing I learned in World War II was the urgent necessity of frequent visits … I was abreast…

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December 24, 2020

The First Wartime Christmas

The third week of December, 1941, a British delegation including Prime Minister Winston Churchill and the British Chiefs of Staff…

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November 18, 2020

Not Retirement At All

Gen. George Marshall served as Army Chief of Staff from September 1939 to November 1945, longer than the ordinary four-year…

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