Past Events

7th June, 2016

Meet the Author – J. Kael Weston – “The Mirror Test”

Watch the full length version of a Meet the Author program, featuring J. Kael Weston, author of “The Mirror Test : America at War in Iraq and Afghanistan” at the Marines’ Memorial Club on June 7, 2016. Mr. Weston spent seven years on the ground in Iraq and Afghanistan working for the State Department. “The Mirror Test” is a book of American reckoning and reflection about the current wars.

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31st May, 2016

The 100th Anniversary of the Battle of Jutland – Brigadier Roderick Macdonald

Watch the full length version of Brigadier Roderick Macdonald’s presentation of the Battle of Jutland, 100 Years On at the Marines’ Memorial Club on June 6, 2016. The battle began in the afternoon of May 31, 1916 off Denmark’s North Sea Coast and was the only major naval surface engagement of World War I.

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27th May, 2016

Memorial Day – Marine Raiders Served by Oakland Raiders

At the start of the Memorial Day weekend on May 27, 2016, Megan King, Super Bowl Oakland Raiders – Charles Robert Jenkins, and Morris Bradshaw and Four Fabulous Raiderettes, joined the Marines’ Memorial staff and volunteers in preparing Care Packages for the Marine Raiders abroad. The Care Packages are part of the Aid & Assist of the Currently Serving Program at the Marines’ Memorial. The Raiders Foundation, with Executive Director, Megan King, a Navy Veteran herself, has been in partnership with ...

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28th May, 2016

2016 Annual Memorial Day Service – Major General J. Michael Myatt, USMC (Ret.)

Watch the full version of the Annual Memorial Day Service with Major General J. Michael Myatt, USMC (Ret.) at the Marines’ Memorial Club on May 28, 2016. For the past 69 years, in the spirit of preserving the true meaning of Memorial Day, the Marines’ Memorial Association honors and remembers those who died serving our country.

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28th May, 2016

“The Unknowns” Film Screening & Post Screening Q & A

Watch the full version of the post screening Q&A with the sentinels at the Marines’ Memorial Club on May 28, 2016. “The Unknowns” is a documentary created by U.S. Army Veterans Ethan Morse and Neal Schrodetzki that were stationed at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. Watch the trailer by clicking on this link: https://youtu.be/1JCYQ7v08vM

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21st April, 2016

Salute to Vietnam Veterans – 51st Anniversary of the Vietnam War

Watch the full version of the Salute to Vietnam Veterans held on April 21st, 2016 at the Marines’ Memorial Club, featuring Colonel John Swensson, USA (Ret), the screening of the film, “We Can’t Forget Vietnam” and the Photography Exhibit by Steven Burchik, a retired US Army Sergeant, author of “Compass and a Camera: A Year in Vietnam”. If you would like to view the film, “We Can’t Forget Vietnam”, please click on this link: https://youtu.be/l86pE_Hfw2I

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