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Homecoming Dialogues: Examining War and Peace

Line-drawing graphic of buildings in maroon color and background hue. "Norwich University Homecoming" written at graphic bottom. Below Norwich shield logo and text "John and Mary Frances Patton Peace & War Center"

Homecoming Dialogues: Examining War And Peace

A series of three Homecoming 2026 presentations organized and sponsored by the John and Mary Frances Patton Peace & War Center at Norwich University.

Friday, October 16

11 AM to 12 PM | Sullivan Museum Conference Room 

Book cover art for "Anglo-French Military Planning Before the First World War" by Colonel Michael D. Krause, Ph.D. Two WWI generals look down on a map on a table, with further warfare scenes in background.

Anglo-French Military Planning Before the First World War 

Join Colonel Michael D. Krause, Ph.D., a Norwich alum, soldier and scholar, for a look into the war planning of the past and how it relates to now.

Light refreshments provided. 

Seating limited to 30 individuals.

A man stands on a deck/porch with a US flag behind him.

Colonel Michael D. Krause ’64, Ph.D., author of Anglo-French Military Planning Before the First World War (above).

headshot photos in casual dress of Captain W. “Russ” Webster (top) and historian Theresa M. Webster (bottom).

Captain W. “Russ” Webster and Theresa M. Webster, co-authors of The Last Flight (below).

Friday, October 16

1 PM to 2 PM | Sullivan Museum Conference Room

book cover image: "The Last Flight: The untold story of the search for JFK Jr." includes an ocean scene with a narrow glimpse of JFK Jr. frame right.

The Last Flight: The Untold Story of the Search for JFK Jr. and the Race Against the Atlantic

Join Captain W. “Russ” Webster, a 26-year veteran of the US Coast Guard who oversaw more than 10,000 search and rescue cases, and his wife Theresa M. Webster, a historian, award-winning journalist and former history newsmagazine editor for a behind the scenes look into one of the most fascinating search and rescue cases in recent history.

Seating limited to 30 individuals.

Saturday, October 17

10 AM to 11 AM | Sullivan Museum Conference Room

Fall of Afghanistan: Vermont National Guard at the Center of the US Withdrawal

Join Noah Scott ’24, as he presents personal perspectives and lessons learned from the US withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021.

Seating limited to 30 individuals.

A soldier in military fatigues holding a rifle.
Two headshot photos, in Norwich cadet (top), and in military service, uniform of Noah Scott '24.