MONDAY SPEAKER SERIES (40) Knights of Columbus, 50 Pine Rd, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866

Mondays, 11:30am-1:00pm, April 13, 20, 27, May 4, 11, 18

Join us as we hear from a variety of interesting speakers on a variety of topics.

April 13 Jim Sefcik, The Role of the Hessians in the Revolutionary War. Who were they? Why were they here? What did they do and where? What happened to them after the War?

April 20 Carol Firestone, Good things that are still happening to alleviate some of the stress of climate change.

April 27 TBD

May 4 LCDR Joel Thomas, Executive Officer NPTU Ballston Spa. Navy presence in the area, to include our history here, current mission, and how it ties into the broader Navy mission.

May 11 Kate Dudding, Laughing Fits: Tales to Tickle Your Funny Bone. Children laugh 40 times more per day than adults -- that's just not right! Come help improve your laughing average as Kate Dudding shares personal stories, folk tales and maybe even a tall tale or two.

May 18 Herb Jansen discusses his recently published memoir “Vietnam Stories I Never Told” - stories he didn’t include in the letters he wrote home (because he didn’t want his parents to worry) during his yearlong tour as an army infantryman between Saigon and the Cambodian border in 1968.