by Leisa McCracken | Aug 25, 2023
Monday September 11th, 2023 * 9:00 AM | Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped into Slavery & Their Astonishing Journey HomeTuesday September 12th, 2023 * 9:00 AM | Glimpses of the USA Before Freeways, Fast Food and Theme Parks10: 30 AM | Fraud of the Century: The Presidential Election of 1876Wednesday September 13th, 2023 * 9:00 AM | More than Birds: A Wildlife Safari in South AfricaThursday September 14th, 2023 * 9:00 AM | Meet Lady Liberty: The Story Behind an American Icon10:30 AM | Charcoal Hearths, Collier Huts & Haul Roads: Traces of the Iron Industry on South MountainMonday September 18th, 2023 * 9:00 AM | The Great New York Fire of 1776: A Lost Story of the American RevolutionTuesday September 19th, 2023 * 9:00 AM | Lafayette: George Washington’s Son10:30 AM | Literacy’s Impact on CommunitiesWednesday September 20th, 2023 * 9:00 AM | The French and Indian War: Braddock’s DefeatThursday September 21st, 2023 * 9:00 AM | Preventing a Terrorist Nuclear Attack10:30 AM | The Suffragettes and the Battle for Women’s Voting RightsMonday September 25th, 2023 * 9:00 AM | Up Next: The U.S. Supreme Court’s 2023-2024 TermTuesday September 26th, 2023 * 9:00 AM | Monterey Pass: The Battle and the Museum10:30 AM | Soviet Spies, FDR and the Cold WarWednesday September 27th, 2023 * 9:00 AM | There’s More to the Story: George Kennan & Other Notable People form East Berlin and the RegionThursday September 28th, 2023 | Religious Thought Prior to the Firing on Fort Sumter (1830 -1861)10:30 AM | Get to Know Your Native BeesMost events are at Menno Haven Life Center or Zoom To find out more about any of the list events, please visit their website at IRP-online.org by Leisa McCracken | Mar 9, 2023
The Institute for Retired Persons (IRP) The IRP Spring 2023 semester will begin on Monday March 13th, and run for six weeks. Each Monday and Wednesday will have one zoom lecture at 9:00 AM. Links for the zoom lectures will be sent at least 24 hours in advance of the lecture. Each Tuesday and Thursday will have two in-person lectures, one at 9:00 AM and the second at 10:30 AM. The Menno Haven Life Center 300 Ridgeview | Chambersburg, PA 17201 by Leisa McCracken | Mar 9, 2023
The Institute for Retired Persons (IRP) The IRP Spring 2023 semester will begin on Monday March 13th, and run for six weeks. Each Monday and Wednesday will have one zoom lecture at 9:00 AM. Links for the zoom lectures will be sent at least 24 hours in advance of the lecture. Each Tuesday and Thursday will have two in-person lectures, one at 9:00 AM and the second at 10:30 AM. The Menno Haven Life Center 300 Ridgeview Chambersburg, PA 17201 by Leisa McCracken | Feb 23, 2023
August 19th – Sept 3rd, 2023 | Show Times 2:00 PM & 7:30 PM Retired New England professor Norman Thayer and his spirited wife Ethel decide to spend one final summer at their family’s lakeside cottage in Maine. En route to a European honeymoon, the couple’s estranged daughter Chelsea arrives to leave behind her fiance’s troubled young son. Colliding generations soon forge common ground, but when Chelsea returns to discover Norman playing the father she never had, years of bitter memories and resentment rise to the surface. by Leisa McCracken | Aug 20, 2021
Wednesday September 15th * 9:30 AM To Be Determined – Army War College Speaker, Via Zoom The Institute for Retired Persons, Inc. (IRP) is an organization located at Wilson College in Chambersburg, PA and devoted to continued affordable learning for seniors.