" Meeting Archives "
UPCOMING PRESENTATIONS
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"The Panama Canal"
Our Guest Speaker[s]:
Mark Becker, JDTopic Summary:
Any account of engineering marvels of the 20th Century would be incomplete without the inclusion of the Panama Canal. Kindly join us on Wednesday, 1 April, as return lecturer Mark Becker guides us through the 400-year odyssey to physically bisect the hemisphere.
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"The Erie Junior Philharmonic"
Our Guest Speaker[s]:
To be determinedTopic Summary:
The Erie Junior Philharmonic
PRIOR PRESENTATIONS
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"Prelude to Pearl Harbor"
Our Guest Speaker[s]:
Dennis Carlson, B.S. in Business AdministrationTopic Summary:
Prelude to Pearl Harbor
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"President Abraham Lincoln and Chief Justice Roger Taney: The Great Antagonists"
Our Guest Speaker[s]:
George Deutsch, B.S.Topic Summary:
The lecture explores the legendary constitutional rivalry between President Abraham Lincoln and Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney. The contrasts between the two men could not have been starker. Taney was the product of privilege and an outstanding formal education while Lincoln came from abject poverty and was self-educated. The rivalry began with the Dred Scott decision of 1857 and lasted until Taney’s death in 1864.
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"The Martin Luther King Center"
Our Guest Speaker[s]:
Marcus Atkinson, Bachelor of Business AdministrationTopic Summary:
Marcus will be speaking on the The Martin Luther King Center.
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