When: Sept. 17 | 10AM-12PM Where: UNC Wilmington Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
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When: May 23 | 6:30 PM Where: Southport Historical Society, Community Building
Date/time: Saturday, June 8th, 10:00 am to 3:00 pm For D-Day’s 75th anniversary, Retired Navy Captain Wilbur Jones, a nationally…
The 2019 Azalea Festival kicks off this Wednesday, but another week-long event will kick off today:Â Wilmington Navy Week. Created in…
It’s just four words: World War II City. Yet those words are freighted with memories and consequence. Wilmington isn’t a…
Wilmington historian Wilbur D. Jones Jr. spent countless hours researching World War II, military, and defense issues for 18 books,…
Washington, D.C. – This week, the House of Representatives unanimously passed Congressman David Rouzer’s bill, H.R. 6118, to direct the Department…
Read the most recent article from Wilbur D. Jones, Jr. that discusses “How N.C. National Guard units hastened Germany’s surrender…
Wilbur Jones has returned home from another trip to Washington, DC. There is new excitement in a project he has…
It’s a nice idea — declaring Wilmington an official American World War II City to honor its contributions to arguably…