Lunchtime Lectures in March

The West Baton Rouge Museum offers two of its popular Lunchtime Lectures this month. All events begin at noon.

CANCELLED: March 11: “I Need a Higgins Boat. Do You Think You Can Find One?” with Higgins Boat enthusiast Jimmy Duckworth. Discuss how he built a replica of the ship credited with winning WWII, and learn about this and other historic watercrafts.

March 16: “Recollections of a Schoolboy in West Baton Rouge during WWII” with West Baton Rouge Historical Association Board Member Ellis Gauthier. Gauthier will share memories of his childhood in West Baton Rouge during the 1940s, and riveting tales from the war. The lecture is held in conjunction with the exhibit The Pelican State Goes to War, which is on display until March 20.

wbrmuseum.org.

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