Thursday, March 7th, 6:30 pm CSTPresented by the Wisconsin Maritime Museum.
Live streamed through YouTube.
All virtual attendees must pre-register to receive the link for the stream.
Summary:
Please join the Wisconsin Maritime Museum on March 7th at 6:30pm for our Think & Drink series presentation "WAVES and SPARS: Women of the Navy and Coast Guard in WWII" with Historian Katie Barron. The featured drink of the night will be a Bee's Knees.
World War II wasn’t just a man’s war – over 350,000 American women served in the Armed Forces through programs like the Navy’s WAVES (Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service) and the Coast Guard’s SPARS (Semper Paratus, Always Ready). Initially met with resistance, these women answered their nation’s call and laid the groundwork for all future women in the Armed Forces.