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 veteran, see short videos and discuss the broader context of their experiences. Coffee and Conversation events 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 

24 January – Veterans Museum volunteer and former President Mike Fellows will give a presentation on his father’s service on the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Gwin during the war in the Pacific. The USS Gwin was awarded five battle stars and saw extensive combat in the Solomon Islands during World War II.

14 February – Bob Bird worked with the famous “Skunk works” and will present the development of
stealth aircraft leading up to the design of Lockheed’s F-117 “Nighthawk.”

28 February – Don Cygan is a Army veteran and for the 35th anniversary will give an overview of the
highly-successful Operation Desert Storm (“First Gulf War”) which liberated Kuwait in 1991.

14 March – Chris Hedenskog was the lead M1A1 Abrams tank driver at the battle of 73 Easting during Operation Desert Storm/Sabre. He’ll share his experience during the First Gulf War and talk about his current work at the Veterans Administration.

28 March – Rocky Mountain Honor Flight will give a presentation on their mission and the services they offer for Colorado veterans.

11 April – Historian David Barrett will talk about the atrocities committed by the infamous Japanese Unit 731. Many Americans (and Japanese) still remain unaware of the war crimes committed under the militarized Japanese government in World War II.

25 April – Elmer “Lucky” McGinty – Fred Martin will tell the story of McGinty, a B-17 waist gunner who survived 29 bombing missions with the 8th Air Force during World War II. McGinty was a long-time Boulder resident who passed away in 2024.

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