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Speaker: Todd DePastino, Ph.D. in American History from Yale University, award-winning author of Bill Mauldin: A Life Up Front, lecturer on American History, founder, and executive director of the Veterans Breakfast Club

Learn about the true story of the famous Christmas Truce of 1914, a remarkable respite from the most brutal war Europe had seen in centuries. For the previous five months, German, French, and British troops had slaughtered each other on an unprecedented scale, forcing all sides into trenches. Then, on Christmas Eve, thousands of soldiers ventured unarmed to No Man’s Land to exchange food, beer, souvenirs, and season’s greetings. On the next day, the men returned to their fighting positions. The Christmas Truce became a legend, never to be repeated.