Torch Club

Montgomery County Torch Club
Speaker's Schedule
2023 - 2024


Sept 12, 2023Skip JubbNavaho Code Talkers: America’s Secret Weapon in World War II
Oct 10, 2023April MartinHistoric Forts of Southwest Virginia
Nov 14, 2023Sarah GilbertWomen on the Battlefield: Nurses in World War II
Dec 12, 2023Matt HanrattyThe Housing Puzzle in Blacksburg
Jan 9, 2024Karen FinchVoices From the Garden:
The Virginia Women’s Monument
Feb 13, 2024Sam HicksHistory of States' Borders
Mar 12, 2024George Mauney Smithsonian’s Basis For Their Gold Coin Collection
Apr 9, 2024Hank PrevetteRevivals in America: Their Spiritual Significance
May 14, 2024Tawana Rivera FrenchPuerto Rico

April Martin is a Historian at Preservation Virginia

Sarah Gilbert is a Gerontological Clinical Nurse Specialist
and Associate Professor of Nursing at Radford University.

Matt Hanratty is the Director of Housing and Neighborhood Services
for the Town of Blacksburg

Revised: June 7, 2023