Save Wednesday, July 2 at 2:30 for a commemoration of the July 17, 1944 Port Chicago explosion. Wayne Korsinen, local World War II Historian and Isabel Jenkins Ziegler, Supervisory Museum Curator at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine NM will provide historic and current perspectives on this significant local disaster.
Nilda Rego, Contra Costa Historian and author of “Days Gone By” has agreed to speak for us this summer. Watch for an announcement of this date soon!
And electric railroad expert and keeper of “EastBayHillsProject.org” – Stu Swiedler will present another of his well received talks on the electric railroad and its impact on our area. That program will be scheduled soon as well.
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