Sacrifice and Service: The History of SDMA and Balboa Park in World War I and World War II

May 15
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
The San Diego Museum of Art
1450 El Prado, San Diego California/United States 92102
Karl Zingheim, a lecturer at SDSU and Historian for the USS Midway Museum, will present on the crucial, and often overlooked, history of The San Diego Museum of Art and Balboa Park during World War I and World War II. His talk will detail how Balboa Park and the Museum supported the home front and war effort by serving as military facilities, temporary housing, training grounds, and centers for morale and cultural preservation.
1450 El Prado, San Diego California/United States 92102