The first in the 2025 Speaker Series of the Atlantic Highlands Historical Society will be this evening, Wednesday, April 16, at 7:30 p.m. at the Atlantic Highlands Strauss House Museum.
David Bassano, PhD. will discuss the situation in war-torn Ukraine and the resiliency of the Ukrainian people.
Dr. Bassano is a history professor at Brookdale Community College as well as a human rights advocate, author of literary and academic works and an avid hiker, cyclist and traveler.
Dr. Bassano spent the summer of 2024 engaging in volunteer work and will describe his experience in the war-torn country of Ukraine and the determination and resilience of the Ukrainian people.
The program is offered at no charge, and all are invited to attend.
In addition, because the professor’s discussion is on the situation in Ukraine, the Society is also asking members and followers to donate any old working electronic equipment for injured Ukraine soldiers.
Anyone with old portable radios, computers, iPads or android tablets they no longer use, are requested to consider bringing them to the Strauss Mansion Museum. There will be a box set up to accept these donations.
Some of these soldiers are bed-bound and do not have access to outside information and may have lost their vision or ability to walk and just want something to be able to hear or see what is going on in the world. This box will remain at the mansion until May 1 and is open every Sunday from 12pm-4pm.
The museum is located at 27 Prospect Circle, Atlantic Highlands.
