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The George C. Marshall Foundation will host U.S. Army strategist Tom Arnold for a lecture about a public relations scandal of World War II at its building in Lexington on Thursday, Sept. 21, at 5:30 p.m. A reception will follow the lecture.
The event is part of the Marshall Foundation’s ongoing Legacy Lecture series. It is free to the public, but reservations are required. As part of the Marshall Foundation’s ongoing efforts to expand the reach of their programming to a global audience, the presentation will also be livestreamed on its YouTube channel (https://bit. ly/2Or0E8D) simultaneously. A recording of the lecture will be available to view free online immediately after the event.
In the talk, Tom Arnold will discuss how in 1941, the U.S. Army faced its first public relations scandal of World War II, after a unit of American soldiers was punished for catcalling a group of women for wearing shorts. The controversy centered on changing social norms and revealed different expectations of how the American people believed their Army should treat citizen soldiers in peacetime.
To learn more about the Marshall Foundation, its website can be accessed at www.marshallfoundation. org.
