Speaker Series
The 2026/2027 Speaker Series (pdf)
Monthly Speaker Series 2026-27
Third Tuesday of the month ** Free & open to the public!
RecPlex West Theater (Rec West)
965 Miamisburg Centerville Rd.
Reception 6:30 p.m. Program 7:00 p.m.
Enjoy refreshments and historical education.
Donations welcome and appreciated.
**NOTE -- Enter through the Joyce Young Center entrance and you will be directed to the theater.
October 20, 2026 Tim Gaffney Brewing the Burg
November 17, 2026 Angi Hoschouer Berghuis Sports Legends of Dayton
January 19, 2027 Andrew Hershner The Golden Age of Downtown Shopping
February 16, 2027 Mark Conrad, MSgt USAF (Ret) The National Home for Disabled Veteran Soldiers
March 16, 2027 Ryan Dimisa History of Old Chillicothe – Shawnee Indians
April 20, 2027 Steve Grismer Dayton Law Enforcement From 1797 to 2000
________________________ CWH YouTube Channel has previous programs available
September 16, 2025 Watch the presentation on YouTube
McCook Field: Dayton’s WWI Flying Field by Kevin Rusnak
October 21, 2025 Watch the presentation on YouTube
Dayton Triangles: The Football Team by Andrew Walsh
November 18, 2025
Legends, Symbols & Traditions of the Holiday Season by Angie Hoschouer BerghuisJanuary 20, 2026
Revolutionary War Soldiers in the Miami Valley by Andrew Lloyd
February 17, 2026 (Watch presentation on YouTube)
Sleeper Agent: The Atomic Spy in America Who Got Away by Ann Hagedorn
Roots: Cars Born in Dayton by Tom Gaudion
April 21, 2026
History of Fairborn after the 1913 Dayton Flood by Ryan Riffle
May 19, 2026
Hidden in Plain Sight: The WAVES Who Helped Win the War (and Why Dayton Matters) by Lucinda Davies
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September 17, 2024 Watch the presentation on YouTube
Patterson, Kettering, Cox and Wright Brothers: The drive & passions of Dayton's most eccentric men by Angie Hoschouer Berghuis
November 19, 2024 Watch the presentation on YouTube What’s the Story: Soldiers War Memories! by Ken Serey
January 21, 2025 Watch the presentation on YouTube
Joe Desch – WWII Codebreaker – Oakwood’s Unsung Hero by Andrew Lloyd
February 18, 2025 Watch the presentation on YouTube
The Rise & Fall of George Remus, America’s First Millionaire Bootlegger by Mike Williams
March 18, 2025 Watch the presentation on YouTube
1913 Dayton Flood by Jim Charters
April 15, 2025
Discovering the Industrial Town of Woodbourne by Don AukermanMay 20, 2025 Watch the presentation on YouTube
Ohio's Awesome Women by Hylda StrangePrevious Presentations available on YouTube:
- A Canal for the West: The Miami & Erie Canal by Andy Hite Watch this presentation on YouTube
- Christmas Truce on the Western Front - WWI by Bill Albers Watch this presentation on YouTube
- Frontier Between the Miamis: Pioneers in Ohio 1783-1800 by Paul Cooper Watch this presentation on YouTube
- Ida Weller - A Woman Ahead of Her Time by Ed Ross Watch this presetation on YouTube
- Post-1908 Trip into the Wright Brothers’ "Clunky" Business Affairs by Ed Roach Watch this presentation on YouTube
- A Vietnam Memoir - Adventures of an American Red Cross ‘Donut Dolly’ 1968-1969 by Rosemary Thurnder Schwoebel Watch this presentation on YouTube
- July 1986 - Miamisburg Railroad Chemical Tank Car Fire by Billy Ring, Miamisburg Fire Dept. Capt. (Ret.)
- 19th Century Quakers in Southwest Ohio by Tanya Maus (click for YouTube video of presentation)
- FDR’s Confidential Crusader by Mike Williams - Watch the presentation on YouTube
- Hidden History of Dayton by Tony Kroeger - Watch the presentation on YouTube
- The War in Ukraine and the Future of Geopolitics by General John R. Allen - Watch the presentation on YouTube
Enjoy videos of our 2020/2021 speakers on YouTube