Past Event
Sunday, March 15, 2020, 3 p.m.
Francis Gary Powers & the U-2 Incident
640 Orange Avenue, Coronado, 92118
Cost: Free
Francis Gary Powers, Jr. son of captured pilot Francis Gary Powers will discuss his latest book and talk about Bridge of Spies. Gary is the author of Letters from a Soviet Prison (2017) and Spy Pilot (2019) which both help to dispel the misinformation surrounding the U-2 Incident. He is a Board Member of the Strategic Air Command and Aerospace Museum near Omaha, NE and an Honorary Board Member of the International Spy Museum in Washington, DC. Because of his efforts to honor Cold War veterans the Junior Chamber of Commerce selected him as one of the “Ten Outstanding Young Americans” for 2002. Gary lectures internationally and appears regularly on C-SPAN, the History, Discovery, and A&E Channels.