Breakfast Club

Brendon Duffy, archivist at CentraCare, will present Precedented Times: The 1918-19 Spanish Flu in Central Minnesota at 9 a.m. Wednesday, June 9, at our Breakfast Club. As World War I was coming to an end, the world battled an invisible opponent – the Spanish Flu of 1918-19. This pandemic, which took an estimated 50 million […]

One Last Time: World War II Veteran Stories Members of the “Greatest Generation” are leaving us at an alarming rate. Photographer and Amateur Historian, Jay Grammond planned and facilitated a WWII History Series in Elk River for 13 years. In that time, he got to know numerous people that lived during that time in history. […]

Annette Atkins will present Missing Pieces. Uncover the “Missing Pieces” in the narrative we commonly tell about St. Cloud’s history. Atkins,  professor emerita of history at the College of St. Benedict/St. John’s University, will highlight the stories about race, racism, and structural obstacles to equity. Attendance for this event is limited due to COVID-19 space […]