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Remembering Craig Symonds, and his 2023 keynote address

October 14, 2026 · Society news

The military history community lost one of the giants of the field with the passing of Craig Symonds on October 13th. His keynote address to the 2023 Annual Meeting in San Diego, on the "old" and the "new" military history, is here in full.

  • Notes from the President, Fall 2026

    October 11, 2026 · Society news

    Wayne Lee looks ahead to New Orleans in March, asks members to vote in the coming trustee and officer elections, and announces a complete remaking of the Society's web presence, records and public face.

  • A fond farewell

    October 11, 2026 · Society news

    After running the Society's website since 1998 and editing the Headquarters Gazette since 2000, Kurt Hackemer is stepping away as the Society remakes its public presence.

  • Meetings calendar: October 2026 to April 2027

    October 11, 2026 · Society news

    Conferences and meetings of interest to members over the coming months, from the Northern Great Plains History Conference and the National WWII Museum's international conference this fall to the Society's own annual meeting in New Orleans in March.

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