Former Secretary of State Visits Winchester
Madeleine Albright visited Winchester Friday night to talk about her new book and hold an informal conversation about U.S. and world politics.
Sponsored by the Winchester High School's Connect and Commit campaign that advocates community service learning and addressing larger social needs outside the classroom, and in partnership with Bookends, the former, first female Secretary of State, Director on the Board of Foreign Relations, U.S. Ambassador to the UN and current college Professor at Georgetown University, Dr. Madeleine Albright visited the Town Hall Friday night at 7 p.m. to talk shop and her new book, "Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War 1836-1948." This marks Albright's second tour through Winchester, the first coming on the heels over her 2009 book, "Read My Pins." “I feel very much at home in Winchester,” she related. Albright was invited by …
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6:29 pm on Tuesday, May 1, 2012
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