BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//23.239.17.102//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.26.9// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-FROM-URL:https://www.goldenhistory.org X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Denver BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Denver X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Denver BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RDATE:20241103T020000 TZNAME:MST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RDATE:20250309T020000 TZNAME:MDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-49798@www.goldenhistory.org DTSTAMP:20240328T090528Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:lecture CONTACT:303-278-3557 DESCRIPTION:Underneath the Starry Flag\nIn 1898\, the 1st Colorado Voluntee r Infantry enlisted to fight the Spanish in Cuba\, but instead raised the first American flag over Manila. With the war over\, they hoped to return home\, but the U.S. government had other plans. This talk describes the Fi rst Colorado’s role in the first year of the war in the Philippines. It al so looks at their daily life and some challenges they faced. This was Amer ica’s first overseas war.\nAbout the Presenter\nGeoff Hunt earned his Ph.D . in Western American social history from the University of Colorado Bould er in 1996. His dissertation research led to Colorado’s Volunteer Infantry in the Philippine Wars\, 1898-1899\, published in 2006. After 22 years as Professor of History at the Community College of Aurora\, he retired in 2 019\, and became a free-range historian.\nTickets\nGHM&P is transitioning to a new ticketing program. In the meantime\, please contact us directly t o register. DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20240514T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20240514T193000 GEO:+39.75606;-105.224749 LOCATION:Golden History Museum @ 923 10th St\, Golden\, CO 80401\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Underneath the Starry Flag: The First Colorado Volunteers in the Sp anish American War in the Philippines 1898-99 URL:https://www.goldenhistory.org/event/underneath-the-starry-flag/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n
\\nIn 1898\, the 1st Colorado Volun teer Infantry enlisted to fight the Spanish in Cuba\, but instead raised t he first American flag over Manila. With the war over\, they hoped to retu rn home\, but the U.S. government had other plans. This talk describes the First Colorado’s role in the first year of the war in the Philippines. It also looks at their daily life and some challenges they faced. This was A merica’s first overseas war.
\nGeoff H unt earned his Ph.D. in Western American social history from the Universit y of Colorado Boulder in 1996. His dissertation research led to Colora do’s Volunteer Infantry in the Philippine Wars\, 1898-1899\, publishe d in 2006. After 22 years as Professor of History at the Community College of Aurora\, he retired in 2019\, and became a free-range historian.
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