Arts & Culture

Sacrifice and Service: The History of SDMA and Balboa Park in World War I and World War II

Friday, May 15th, 2026
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11:00am

About the Event

Karl Zingheim, a lecturer at SDSU and Historian for the USS Midway Museum, will present on the crucial, and often overlooked, history of The San Diego Museum of Art and Balboa Park during World War I and World War II. His talk will detail how Balboa Park and the Museum supported the home front and war effort by serving as military facilities, temporary housing, training grounds, and centers for morale and cultural preservation.

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Sacrifice and Service: The History of SDMA and Balboa Park in World War I and World War II

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NEXT EVENTS

Sourdough Bread Workshop with Fermenters Club

Mother’s Day Retreat at The Catamaran Spa

The Dinner Detective True Crime Murder Mystery Dinner Show - San Diego, CA

Mother's Day Flower Bar

Hayato Sumino

Athenaeum Music & Arts Library Annual Benefit Celebration | Talk of the Town: Diamonds, Jazz and Dreams | La Jolla (Saturday, May 9)

Compete for a Cause at Fresh Start Surgical Gifts’ Inaugural Disc Golf Tournament

Spring Art Glass Guild Show and Sale

San Diego Padres vs. St. Louis Cardinals

FACE FOUNDRIÉ Celebrates Grand Opening with 50 Free Facial Giveaways

Celebrate Mom with a Floral Workshop at North City

Tea Blending & Bouquet Making for Mother’s Day at Mantra Sukha 🌼🤍

Family Art Adventures

Six String Society presents Django's Jazz Caravan

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Coronado Art and Wine Festival

Wildlife Tour | Nature Collective

Sun Of A Beach Road Rally

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