2nd and 4th Saturdays – 10 a.m.

The Broomfield Veterans Museum invites you to join us for Coffee and Conversation, where you can enjoy coffee, donuts, networking and a great presentation by a veteran or historian. In an informal setting, our Coffee and Conversation events provide museum visitors with an opportunity to listen to the stories of service and sacrifice, ask questions of our speakers and other veterans, see short videos and discuss the broader context of their experiences. Coffee and Conversation events in 2024 begin at 10 a.m. on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays each month.

Watch the Livestream

The museum is open and hosting Coffee and Conversation events. However, if you prefer to watch from home, we invite you to tune in via our YouTube livestream.

Upcoming Presentations 

20 April – Tim Hutchinson, the Broomfield Veterans Administration Service Officer, will provide an update on current VA policies and programs. He will be joined by a member of the VA Community Living Center in Aurora who will discuss long-term care options for veterans.

27 April –  John Steinle, avid historian, author, and former curator and archivist at the Cincinnati Art Museum and also administrator for the Hiwan Homestead Museum. A frequent presenter with the Broomfield Veterans Museum, his most recent book is Colorado and the Civil War. His April 27 talk centers on his 2021 book, “Colorado and the Silver Crash – the Panic of 1893.”

11 May – Colleen Sawyer will tell the story of Eleanor Roosevelt, one of the most influential women of the 20th century. Colleen is a Broomfield hidden treasure and longtime community volunteer. She won the Heart of Broomfield Arts Award in 2009. Her Letters of World War II project won first place in the First Annual History Conference. She also won second place at the Front Range History Conference for her paper on Women Spies in WWI.

18 May – Noah Webb is an Army Veteran and a consummate artist. He will give a talk about his paintings inspired by his service in Vietnam. The paintings will be displayed in the Veterans Museum as part of our ARTillery program. A reception will be held with the artist after his talk.

25 May – Flint Whitlock and Don Cygan will give a special presentation honoring the 80th Anniversary of Operation Overlord, the WWII D-Day landings in Normandy, France. Flint is an award-winning author and military historian. Don earned a master’s Degree in Military History in 2016. He taught college history classes at Red Rocks Community College as both a full-time and adjunct professor for almost seven years before retiring in 2022.

8 June –  Josh Ingram, is student at Front Range Community College, who is currently studying History and looking to continue studies in Russian History. He is a new volunteer at the Veterans Museum and mostly works in the archives. His talk is based on his paper that will be published titled “The Unraveling,” a retelling of the fall of the Soviet Union and specifically to answer the question, ‘If Gorbachev had more time could he reform the USSR?’

15 June – Don Scanga served 5 years in the US Army. He initially trained in the Air Defense Artillery and served with a HAWK Missile Battery, Key West Florida. He later reenlisted and attended school at the Signal Corps School and then served three years in Germany as a computer repair specialist. His talk is titled “TALKING FLAGS – A History of the US Army Signal Corps.” This will be a new electronic book authored by Don which will be released shortly.

22 June – CMSgt Charles Apodoca will join us from Space Force Base Buckley to give an orientation on the mission and organization of the new Space Force Branch.

Coffee and Conversation Archive

You can check out recordings of our past Coffee and Conversation presentations online through our museum’s YouTube channel. To view the full list of videos with their associated links, please click on this link: Coffee and Conversation Digital Guide