Can you imagine hospitals with dirty sheets and bandages? Surgical instruments not sterilized from one patient to the other? Or cesspools of water used on patients? All these conditions and more were common before Florence Nightingale made radical changes in the nursing profession.

Florence was chided by her family in England for choosing a career considered beneath someone of her wealth and position in life. That didn't deter her from following the path that she felt strongly called to.

Dee Collier will again be joining us as a living historian, presenting the life of Florence Nightingale in full costume. Be prepared to transport yourself back to the 1800's as this fascinating account helps us understand how nursing became the highly respected career it is today!

Dee Collier presents a historical characterization of one of the founding mothers. Was Martha Washington as stodgy as paintings depict her? "Patsy", as she was known to her friends and family, passionately supported the Revolutionary War and her husband's determination for the creation of a free country.

Russia has been employing 'hybrid warfare' against her neighbors (most notably Ukraine), Western Europe, NATO and the United States. Learn what hybrid warfare consists of and how Russia is using it to achieve her strategic goals. Through the Kremlin's use of a hybrid strategy, Russia now poses an alarming security threat to NATO and to the U.S.

Join Frank DiPiero as we look at how the Islamic Republic of Iran is largely responsible for the ongoing crises in the Middle East, from Iraq to Gaza, and the destabilization of Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, the Arabian Peninsula and parts of North Africa. Participants will also discuss the potential for the fall of the regime and what U.S. policies might hasten this fall.