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Twelfth Night & Sunday Brunch

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Join our ESU group for a fun, romantic comedy & Sunday Brunch!

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Are you ready to see a funny, fresh, contemporary take on a Shakespearean crowd-pleaser? Well, you're in luck. This comedy of mistaken identity, music, and the madness of love is ESU's next group event. This romantic comedy is produced by KC Rep and all ESU members and guests are invited to attend the Sunday matinee performance on September 25 at 2:00 pm.

 
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A Queen's Tea: The Final Tribute

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Monday, September 19, 2022 at 6:00 PM CT

All ESU members and Friends of ESU are cordially invited to a special Queen's Tea hosted by Anna Marie's Tea and the ESU on September 19 at 6:00 pm. This will be a final tribute to Queen Elizabeth II. We invite you to share your memories and stories about Queen Elizabeth. You are also welcome to bring any memorabilia you have of the Queen to share with everyone—in other words, a "Royal Show and Tell." We will have drawings for door prizes too.

 
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The ESU Remembers Queen Elizabeth

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It is with admiration and profound respect that we pay tribute to the life and legacy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Her Majesty served as Patron of the English-Speaking Union of the Commonwealth since granting it a formal Royal Charter in 1957. She served alongside her husband the late Prince Philip who was President of the English-Speaking Union of the Commonwealth from 1952 to 2011. The Princess Royal, Princess Anne has since taken the mantle as President of the English-Speaking Union of the Commonwealth.

 
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ESU Happy Hour Guest Speaker: Professor Jeremy Crang

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Join Our Next ESU Happy Hour
Guest Speaker: Professor Jeremy Crang

Next Happy Hour: Wednesday, September 28, 2022 at 3:00 PM Central Time

During the Second World War some 600,000 women were absorbed into the Women's Auxiliary Air Force, the Auxiliary Territorial Service, and the Women's Royal Naval Service. These women performed important military functions for the British armed forces, both at home and overseas, and the jobs they undertook ranged from cooking, typing and telephony to stripping down torpedoes, overhauling aircraft engines, and operating the fire control instruments in anti-aircraft gun batteries. In his recent book Sisters in Arms (Cambridge University Press, 2020), which draws on a multitude of sources and combines organizational history with the personal experiences of servicewomen, Jeremy Crang traces the wartime history of the WAAF, ATS, WRNS, and the integration of women into the armed forces. Professor Crang's talk will be presented live from Edinburgh, Scotland. ESU Happy Hours are free online programs for members and guests. Please register. Read more.

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ESU Happy Hour Guest Speaker: Professor Jeremy Crang

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Join Our Next ESU Happy Hour
Guest Speaker: Professor Paul Kennedy

Next Happy Hour: Wednesday, September 7, 2022 at 3:00 PM Central Time

Join us to hear Yale Professor and eminent historian Paul Kennedy discuss his latest book, Victory At Sea. Through his engrossing narrative, illustrated by maritime artist Paul Marshall's panoramic, full-color paintings, Professor Kennedy chronicles the rise and fall of the great powers during World War II.  Tracking the movements of the six major navies of the war---the allied navies of Britain, France, and the United States and the Axis navies of Germany, Italy, and Japan--- Professor Kennedy tells a story of navel battles, maritime campaigns, and amphibious landings from the sea. By doing so, he shows how changes in naval supremacy during the decade between 1936 and 1946 decisively altered the course of both World War II and the geopolitical balance of powers. ESU Happy Hours are free online programs for members and guests. Please register. Read more.

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