LLI Summer Program 2008
LLI Forum and Open House
The “Forum” is a meeting that offers presentations by guest speakers on a variety of topics. It is open to both members and non-members. Following the presentations, brief announcements are usually made regarding LLI’s activities. Light refreshments are available at 9:30 a.m. The meeting begins at 10:00 a.m. Refer to the LLI newsletter for details.Upcoming Forum dates are:
Monday, June 2; Tuesdays, September 2, October 7; and Wednesday, November 5. No Forum in December. Place: Ernst Cultural Center (CE), NVCC Annandale CampusLunch Bunch
LLI members and guests are invited to join fellow members for lunch following each Forum meeting. For the convenience of participants, a restaurant not too far from the NOVA Campus that offers quality food at moderate prices is selected each month. The lunch gives attendees a chance to meet and greet fellow LLI members. No advance reservation is necessary. A count of those planning to participate that day is taken at the Forum. Contact John Bogart at (703) 273-2547 or
jebogart@juno.com.Course 8S01A Golf, Gettysburg, and Grandchildren: Protecting the Eisenhowers
(1 Session)A Special Agent with the U.S. Secret Service recalled Dwight D. Eisenhower’s presidential terms simply as: protecting “the three G’s”—golf, Gettysburg, and grandchildren. What special role has the Secret Service played in American history and what kind of a job is it to protect the most powerful man in the world and his family? Explore how this organization faces its many challenges and how the service adapts to the special needs of each First Family. Hear both harrowing tales and humorous anecdotes. We will place special emphasis on Secret Service operations during the period from 1953 to 1961 when General Eisenhower served as Commander in Chief and introduced the nation to three favored things—his golf game, his Gettysburg farm, and his four grandchildren.
Date & Time
: Monday, July 14; 10:00 a.m.—11:30 a.m.Place: Mason District Governmental Center (Main Community Room), Annandale
Class Size: Min. 20, Max. 75
Leader: Michael Kelly
LLI Coordinator: Mary Underwood (703) 329-8391
Course 8S02A The War of 1812 Born of the Napoleonic Wars and begun in ignorance, the War of 1812 exposed deep divisions within the
United States, uncovered tears in the fabric of the Union, and opened another opportunity for Great Britain to conquer her former colonies. Derisively dubbed “Mr. Madison’s War” by some, the conflict included
disastrous American defeats, frustrating stalemates, the near secession of New England, and the humiliation stemming from the British capture and torching of Washington, D.C. In spite of a foreign invasion on three frontiers and military setbacks, this American “Second War for Independence” produced great heroes, impressive naval victories on the lakes and seas, the triumph at New Orleans, and an unforgettable, stirring national anthem. We will explore how the War of 1812 ultimately transformed the United States into a rising power on the world stage.
Dates & Time Place: Mason District Governmental Center (Main Community Room), Annandale
Class Size: Min. 20, Max. 75
Leaders: Michael Kelly and Jason Martz
LLI Coordinator: Mary Underwood (703) 329-8391
Course 8S03A The Hidden Truth: A National Icon Revealed The Lincoln Memorial endures as an icon to which millions of visitors make an annual pilgrimage. However, do you know what lies beneath the statue
of Abraham Lincoln or what lies behind the innumerable myths and legends about it? Have you ever pondered the meanings of the thirty-six exterior columns or stopped to study the intricate details
carved into marble and limestone? This course will debunk myths and delve into the deep symbolism contained within each carving, while developing the story of how the Lincoln Memorial Commission rose above raging battles over competing architectural schemes and suitable locations to create the most
visited memorial in the nation’s capital. Join National
Park Ranger Jason Martz as he takes you on a
figurative journey to hidden treasures and secrets that
only a Washington insider could know.
Date & Time Place: Mason District Governmental Center (Main Community Room), Annandale
Class Size: Min. 20, Max. 75
Leader: Jason Martz
LLI Coordinator: Mary Underwood (703) 329-8391 On November 11, 1931, President Herbert C. Hoover dedicated the D.C. World War Memorial as a tribute
to Washington’s World War One veterans, but, as he spoke, the seeds of a second, more devastating global war had begun to grow from soils already enriched with the blood of American patriots. Within a generation, Great War veterans were forced to see
their sons go off to fight in another world war and to realize that President Wilson’s “War to End All Wars” declaration did not prove true. On May 29, 2004, President George W. Bush dedicated the World War
II Memorial in the midst of another war begun by others in the wake of the Cold War. Experience the World War I and World War II memorials — respectively, the National Mall’s oldest and newest veterans’ memorials—as you never have before.
Learn the insider secrets and see these sites from the perspectives of the subject matter experts — National Mall Park Rangers.
Date & Time: Place: Survey Lodge Ranger Station (Independence Avenue, between
15th and 17th Streets, SW, on the Washington Monument Grounds)
Class Size: Min. 10, Max. 20
Leaders: Brad Berger and Michael Kelly
LLI Coordinator: Mary Underwood (703) 329-8391
Course 8S05A Digital Photography: Using Your Camera, Transferring Images from Your Camera to Your Computer and to Your Audience The first session begins with a brief discussion of
what kind of camera you will likely find useful. We’ll
then move on to how to take pictures with the camera
you have and tips for using some of the common
camera settings. The second session will cover how to
get the images from your camera into your computer
and arranged so you can find them. The third session
will cover how to print pictures, send them to your
relatives and friends, and adjust the photos for color
balance, brightness, contrast, and size (cropping) if
needed.
Dates & Time: Class Size: Min. 10, Max. 40
Leader: Phil Runge
LLI Coordinator: Virginia Fernbach (703) 751-8369
Course 8S06A Crossroads in History If you were on the waiting list for this course scheduled for June 10, you will need to submit a registration for this course, but will be given priority Date & Time: Place: Ernst Cultural Center (CE), Seminar RoomsC& D, NVCC Annandale Campus
Class Size: Min. 20, Max. 40
Leader: Mary Lipsey
LLI Coordinator: Salli Wise (703) 256-8001
Course 8S07A Travelogue: Ireland Whether you are an armchair traveler or avid travel participant with LLI, come join us for a PowerPoint, pictorial recap of the 13-day “Irish Tradition” tour
taken by LLI members in June 2007. During this coach excursion, we traveled clockwise around the entire island, stopping at many highpoints including:
Galway, Cliff of Moher, the Burren, Cong, Donegal Bay, Glenveagh, Derry, Giant’s Causeway, Belfast, Dublin, Kinsalle, Blarney, Killarney, and more.
Date & Time: Place: The Virginian, Fairfax (lunch is available onsite in the cafeteria)
Class Size: Min. 15, Max. 70
Leader and LLI Coordinator:Bob Huley (703) 534-4819
Course 8S08A Travelogue: Asia, Australia and Hawaii This past Fall, Lorrin and Ann Garson embarked on a
22,000-mile voyage of the Pacific. Heading west, they
visited fascinating ports of call on three continents.
Join us for these breathtaking presentations.
August 6 This program will highlight the first segment of the trip from Russia’s Far East to Japan and China. From the stark
beauty of remote volcanic Russian islands, to a honeymoon destination in South Korea, to quiet Japanese gardens,
to famed antiquities of China, juxtaposed against its thoroughly modern cities, this presentation will convey the history, beauty and emotion of these diverse and exotic destinations.
August 13 Dates & Time: Place: The Virginian, Fairfax (lunch is available onsite in the cafeteria)
Class Size: Min. 10, Max. 70
Leaders: Lorrin and Ann Garson
LLI Coordinator: Paul Hopler (703) 978-9381
Perhaps you have a cell phone and have some questions on charging, call back numbers, techniques for use, special costs, etc. Perhaps you have never
used text messaging, found your way with a GPS, taken and sent pictures, accessed your e-mail or the Internet, set up special ring tones, caller ID, or pictures, used the calendar, or downloaded songs/ring tones. This course will help you understand and perhaps use these features.
Dates & Time: Place: Little River United Church of Christ (Room 8), Annandale
Class Size: Min. 10, Max. 25
Leader: Loria King
LLI Coordinator: Paul Hopler (703) 978-9381
Course 8S10A Great Decisions Videos View these 25-30 minute videos (two per class)
produced by The Foreign Policy Association that
were discussed by more than 25 LLI members during
the Winter/Spring 2008 term. If you were unable to
attend Course 8W36P, or you missed some of the
classes, here is your opportunity to examine some
important foreign policy issues. There will be time for
discussion.
July 9 Iraq End Game
July 16 Talking to Our Enemies
July 23 U.S. Defense & Security Policy
July 30 U.S./China Trade Policy
Dates & Time: Leader/LLI Coordinator: Lorin Goodrich (703) 425-9574
Course 8S11A Dutch Masters: The Age of Rembrandt This is a continuation of our Winter/Spring program on Dutch Masters. During these four sessions, we will
watch eight videotaped lectures given by Professor William Kloss, Independent Art Historian, The Smithsonian Associates, Smithsonian Institution, and published by The Teaching Company. These lectures will focus on Rembrandt. The lecture titles are as follows: (1) The Decoration of the Amsterdam Town Hall; Rembrandt to 1630; (2) Rembrandt in Amsterdam, 1631-34; Rembrandt and the Baroque Style; (3) Rembrandt’s Personal Baroque Style; Rembrandt’s Etchings; and (4) Rembrandt in the
1650s; Rembrandt’s Last Years.
Dates & Time: Class Size: Min. 20, Max. 30
Leaders/LLI Coordinators: Mary Underwood (703) 329-8391 and
Donna Trogler (703) 751-8932
Course 8S12A Escaping Detection: Women in the
Civil War Tales of women spies and women soldiers excited the nation after the Civil War. These women hailed from
all walks of life; some even lived in Fairfax County. The idea of women using their femininity and ingenuity to pass on vital information about the enemy was totally unexpected. The lesser known
story was that of women who donned uniforms and posed as men to fight the war. During the Civil War, approximately 400 women successfully hid their gender and were true soldiers in every sense of the word.
Date & Time: Place: Mason District Governmental Center (Large Conference Room), Annandale
Class Size: Min. 20, Max. 50
Leader: Mary Lipsey
LLI Coordinator: Salli Wise (703) 256-8001
Course 8S13A Meadowlark Botanical Gardens “Insider’s Tour” This program will include a guided tour of the non-public areas, such as the greenhouses,
maintenance area, and the pump house, and will also include a visit to the cabin where Caroline Ware and Gardner Means, founders of Meadowlark, lived after their arrival in the area in 1935 and where planning sessions for FDR’s New Deal programs were held.
(The cabin is open to the public.) The lecture
preceding the tour will describe the behind-the-scenes
functions of these non-public areas and the history
and background of both the Botanical Gardens and
Caroline Ware and Gardner Means.
Date & Time: Place: Meadowlark Botanical Gardens Visitor Center, Vienna Class Size: Min. 10, Max. 30
Leader: Keith Tomlinson
LLI Coordinator: Elaine Cherry (703) 560-4860
Course 8S14A Building a Town: A Walking Tour of Old Town Fairfax This guided walking tour will use maps, photographs, and statistics, in addition to buildings
and the streetscape, to acquaint participants with how Old Town Fairfax has changed and evolved over the last 100 years. Special emphasis of the tour will be on
an update of the downtown redevelopment project and an insider’s first glance at the restoration of Historic Blenheim, a 12-acre site with two
mid-nineteenth century houses, strongly linked to
Civil War events in the area. The tour will begin and
end at the Fairfax Museum and Visitor Center, 10209
Main Street, and will cover about one and one-half
miles, all on sidewalks. Participants should dress for
the weather, wear comfortable walking shoes, and
bring a water bottle. Parking and restrooms are
available at the Museum and Visitor Center.
Date & Time: Place: Fairfax Museum and Visitor Center
Class Size: Min. 5, Max. 20
Leader: Susan Inskeep Gray
LLI Coordinator: Elaine Cherry (703) 560-4860
Course 8S15A Fairfax County Water Supply System: Techniques, Storage and Distribution The course will present the history of water supply in Fairfax County, describe the formation of the Fairfax County Water Authority, and provide an overview of water sources, water treatment techniques, and water storage and distribution methods used to serve the residents of Fairfax County and some surrounding areas. In addition, participants will learn about the specific treatment process and water quality testing used at the Griffith Facility. The course will also
include a walking tour of the Griffith Water
Treatment facility. Directions to the Fairfax County
Water Authority will be provided prior to the class to
those who are registered.
Date & Time: Place: Griffith Water Treatment Facility, Fairfax County Water Authority
Class Size: Min. 10, Max. 30
Leader: Jeanne Bailey
LLI Coordinator: Richard DiBuono (703) 960-5981
Course 8S16P Web Site Development This course will provide an introduction to developing, making changes to, and uploading information to a web site. Attendees may use this
information for a personal web site or to maintain an organization web site. The LLI web site will be used
as a specific example, and people interested in helping to maintain this web site are specifically invited to attend.
Dates & Time: Place: Spring Hill Clubhouse, Lorton, VA
Class Size: Min. 4, Max. 8
Leader: Sidney Sachs
LLI Coordinator: Paul Hopler (703) 978-9381
Course 8S17A Highlights of the National Gallery of Art from Giotto to Van Gogh Professor and Art Historian Tom Hardy will lead a tour of highlights of the permanent collection of the National Gallery of Art. The tour will focus on 15 single works by great artists from the 14th to 19th
centuries: Giotto, Botticelli, Leonardo, Raphael, Titian, Bronzino, Grunewald, Holbein, El Greco, Rembrandt, Vermeer, Courbet, Manet, Monet, and Van Gogh. If
time allows, we will tour the special exhibition on the disturbing 21st century photographs of Richard
Misrach entitled “On the Beach.” Two class times are
offered for convenience; both will assemble in the
Rotunda, Main Floor of the West Building next to the
Fountain of Mercury, either at 10:30 a.m. or 1:30 p.m.
(See Course 8S18P under Friday Afternoons.)
Date: Time: 10:30 a.m.—12:00 p.m. (Note class time.)
Place: National Gallery of Art, Rotunda, West Building, 6th St. & Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC. Participants must arrange
for their own travel. Closest Metro station is Archives/Navy Memorial (on the green and yellow lines). Please assemble no later than 10:15 a.m.
Class Size: Strictly limited to 20. (NOTE: Because of the special nature of a guided museum tour, each session will be for registered members only.)
Leader: Professor Tom Hardy
LLI Coordinator: Virginia Fernbach (703) 751-8369
Course 8S18P Highlights of the National Gallery of Art from Giotto to Van Gogh Professor and Art Historian Tom Hardy will lead a tour of highlights of the permanent collection of the National Gallery of Art. The tour will focus on 15 single works by great artists from the 14th to 19th
centuries: Giotto, Botticelli, Leonardo, Raphael, Titian, Bronzino, Grunewald, Holbein, El Greco, Rembrandt, Vermeer, Courbet, Manet, Monet, and Van Gogh. If
time allows, we will tour the special exhibition on the disturbing 21st century photographs of Richard
Misrach entitled “On the Beach.” Two class times are offered for convenience; both will assemble in the Rotunda, Main Floor of the West Building next to the Fountain of Mercury, either at 10:30 a.m. or 1:30 p.m. (See Course 8S17A under Friday Morning.)
Date: Time: 1:30 p.m.—3:00 p.m.
Place: National Gallery of Art, Rotunda, West Building, 6th St. & Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC. Participants must arrange
for their own travel. Closest Metro station is Archives/Navy Memorial (on the green and yellow lines). Please assemble no later than 1:15 p.m.
Class Size: Strictly limited to 20. (NOTE: Because of the special nature of a guided museum tour, each session will be for registered members only.)
Leader: Professor Tom Hardy
LLI Coordinator: Virginia Fernbach (703) 751-8369
Course 8S19P Poetry and You Join us for one of LLI’s long-time favorite classes and learn more about how poetry can change your life.
We will read and talk about the work of contemporary poets as well as our favorite classics.
Dates & Time: Place: Little River United Church of Christ (Room 8), Annandale
Class Size: Min. 8, Max. 15
Leader/LLI Coordinator: Richard Risk (703) 578-9898
DT-7-15-08 Newseum and President Lincoln’s
Join us for a tour of the recently opened Newseum on
Pennsylvania Avenue and President Lincoln’s
Cottage at The Soldiers’ Home. Lunch will be on your
own at the Newseum food court, at Wolfgang Puck’s
new restaurant, The Source, or elsewhere in the area.
Our coach will take us first to the Newseum where we will start with an orientation film and a 4th dimensional film before we begin our self-guided
tour. Featured are the 40 x 22 foot hi-def media screen showing news as it happens; an open balcony with breathtaking views of the Mall and the Capitol; 14
major galleries depicting the history of newsmaking and its delivery; Pulitzer prize-winning photographs;
a wall containing the current front pages of
newspapers from around the country and world; two
state-of-the-art broadcasting studios; and much more.
Artifacts on display include a piece of the New York
World Trade Center, a piece of the Berlin Wall, and
an ATS satellite.
In the afternoon, at President Lincoln’s Cottage, we will be divided into groups of 15 for the hour-long
docent-led tours. Tours start through the house every half-hour. Those not touring can watch the
orientation film, explore the museum, or use the interactive computers to discuss issues of the Civil War, etc., or just rest. The tour involves stairs and standing for long periods. A small elevator is
available. The excellent guides provide much insight into Lincoln, his family, and the times.
Date: Time & Place of Departure: Bus leaves from Little River United Church
of Christ, Annandale, at 9:15 a.m. and returns at approximately 5:15 p.m. Please arrive 15 minutes prior to departure. Park in the center of the parking lot away from the church entrance.
Trip Size: Max. 44
Leader/Assistant Leader: Ginny Moser (703) 451-7469 and Genevieve
Thiem (703) 764-5866
LLI Coordinator: Louise Sousk (703) 323-9144
DT-8-14-08 St. Michael’s, Maryland
We will travel to St. Michael’s, Maryland, on the
Eastern Shore. St. Michael’s is steeped in history
dating from before the American Revolution. We will
begin our visit with a cruise on “The Patriot” on the
Miles River. View historic homes and wildlife and
learn some of the history of this beautiful town.
Lunch is included at The Crab Claw. After lunch, you
will have time to stroll the streets, tour the adjacent
Maritime Museum, or visit the shops on Talbot Street.
Date: Time & Place of Departure: Bus leaves from Little River United Church
of Christ, Annandale, at 8:15 a.m. and returns at approximately 5:15 p.m. Please arrive 15 minutes prior to departure. Park in the center of the parking lot away from the church entrance.
Trip Size: Max. 44
Leader/Assistant Leader: Betty Pogermon (703) 323-7634 and
Giovanna Prestigiacomo (703) 425-4465
LLI Coordinator: Louise Sousk (703) 323-9144
Tuesday Mornings
Course 8S04A World War I & II Memorials Tour: The “War to End All Wars” and “The Greatest Generation Revisited” (1 Session)
Wednesday Mornings
Course 8S09A Cell Phone Features: How to Use Them (2 Sessions)
European Union at 50
Russia
Latin America: Shift to the Left?
Private Philanthropy
Thursday Mornings
Thursday Afternoon
Friday Morning
Friday Afternoons
Day Trips