“Our Seventy-Eighth Year”
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Next Event:
Valerie Coleman, Author of From Dragon’s Teeth to Eagle’s Nest: A WWII Memoir of Stanley Kupi, 14th Armored Division “The Liberators”
Monday, October 27, 2025, 6:30pm
The Winsor Room, Radnor Memorial Library
In partnership with Radnor Memorial Library
Join us for a talk with Valerie Coleman, sister of Radnor Historical Society President, Jennifer Beacom, on her book, From Dragon’s Teeth to Eagle’s Nest: A WWII memoir of Stanley Kupi,14th Armored Division “The Liberators”.
Valerie is the proud granddaughter of Stanley Kupi, PFC in the 14th Armored Division of WWII, famously known as “The Liberators”. Stanley left behind a remarkable legacy of rare photographs, artwork, and a candid WWII memoir that the family is now sharing with the world. With the help of experts from around the globe, Valerie has uncovered the historical significance of these photographs, which vividly depict the war through Stanley’s eyes.
As a skilled artist, Stanley also created v-mail postcards to his wife that are now proudly displayed at the Fort Chaffee Military Museum in Fort Smith, Arkansas- sharing space with iconic artifacts like Elvis Presley’s military haircut memorabilia. Join Valerie for an unforgettable journey through Stanley’s story, where she will recount his division’s efforts which resulted in the liberation of over 60 towns and villages, including the largest Nazi prison camp.
Valerie Coleman is a graduate of The Ohio State University College of Social Work where she received her master’s degree. Currently, Valerie works as a licensed Mental Health Therapist at multiple elementary schools in Toledo, Ohio. She obtained her undergraduate degree from Defiance College in human resource management and economics…while playing four years of NCAA volleyball!
Books will be available for purchase.
Elizabeth R. Hyman, author of The Girl Bandits Of The Warsaw Ghetto: The True Story Of Five Courageous Young Women Who Sparked An Uprising
Wednesday, November 5, 2025, 7:00pm
The Winsor Room, Radnor Memorial Library
Join us on Wednesday, November 5th at 7pm at Radnor Memorial Library for an evening with historian and author Elizabeth R. Hyman as she discusses her new book, The Girl Bandits of the Warsaw Ghetto: The True Story of Five Courageous Young Women Who Sparked an Uprising. Through meticulous research and vivid storytelling, Hyman brings to life the extraordinary real stories of five young Jewish women who risked everything to resist the Nazis during the Holocaust.
Called “captivating” and “a brilliant testament to Jewish resilience,” this remarkable work uncovers the long-overlooked contributions of women in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and Jewish resistance efforts across Nazi-occupied Europe. These women were fighters, couriers, medics, and leaders—courageous, resourceful, and determined to defy the odds.
Elizabeth R. Hyman is a Holocaust historian, archivist, and the voice behind the acclaimed blog HISTORICITY. A descendant of Polish Jewish refugees, her work personalizes and deepens our understanding of history through stories that deserve to be told.
Presented in partnership with Main Point Books and the Radnor Memorial Library
Books will be available for purchase from Main Point Books. A signing will follow the talk.
This Year’s Previous Events
Jack Ford, Author of Beyond This Place of Wrath and Tears
Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 7:00pm
The Winsor Room, Radnor Memorial Library
Main Point Books, Radnor Memorial Library, and the Radnor Historical Society welcome author Jack Ford and his new novel based on the life of WWII female journalist Lee Carson. “Beyond This Place of Wrath and Tears” is a riveting and colorful dual timeline novel that tells the story of a daring life that has largely been forgotten. Lee Carson died in 1973 at Lankenau Hospital, and is buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
This event is at Radnor Memorial Library in the Winsor Room. It is free with reservations requested via Eventbrite. Books are for sale in advance through Eventbrite and Main Point, and will be for sale at the event.
Philip and William Taubman, Authors of McNamara at War
Saturday, September 27, 2025, 2:00pm
The Winsor Room, Radnor Memorial Library
Main Point Books, Radnor Memorial Library, and Radnor Historical Society welcome Philip and William Taubman with their new history “McNamara at War,” a revelatory portrait of Robert S. McNamara, informed by newly discovered diaries, letters, and interviews with those closest to him.
This event will be in the Winsor Room at Radnor Memorial Library. The event is free, with reservations requested via Eventbrite. Books are for sale in advance via Eventbrite and the store’s website, and will be for sale at the event.
About the Book
McNamara at War examines McNamara’s life of intense personal contradictions, following his childhood, his career as a young faculty member at Harvard Business School, and his World War II service, to his leadership of the Ford Motor Company and the World Bank. Philip and William Taubman had access to materials previously unavailable to McNamara biographers, including Jacqueline Kennedy’s warm letters to McNamara during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations and beyond; family correspondence dating back to McNamara’s service in World War II; and a secret diary maintained by McNamara’s top Vietnam policy aide. What emerges is the comprehensive story of the infamous former leader of the Pentagon: riven by melancholy, guilt, zealous loyalty, and a profound inability to admit his flawed thinking about Vietnam before it was too late. McNamara at War is a portrait of a man at war with himself—with a grave influence on the history of the United States and the world.
Cynthia McGroarty, Author of The House on Chambers Road: A Ghost Story
Tuesday, October 7, 2025, 6:30pm
The Winsor Room, Radnor Memorial Library
Sometimes the past that comes back to haunt you isn’t yours…
C.J. McGroarty blends the gothic touches of a good ghost story with the rich, evocative details of historical fiction in this tale of love, loss, and redemption.
Interior designer Libby Casey desperately wants to move on from her grief and the painful secret that has plagued her since her husband’s death. When she buys an 18th-century house on the outskirts of town that she feels inexplicably drawn to, she thinks she has a chance to do just that.
But soon after moving in, she finds she’s not alone. An ominous voice whispers in the night, mysterious objects appear and disappear, and odd scents waft from the old kitchen garden.
Serving as a docent at Historic Waynesborough in Paoli, the Georgian property helped inspire McGroarty’s latest book. A former reporter for The Philadelphia Inquirer with an MFA in Creative Writing, Cynthia McGroarty has also taught English and writing at the college level.
Books will be available for purchase.
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