Leadership in America
The advances that have positioned the United States as a world superpower have often been initiated in Virginia.
Our Leadership in America lectures feature a wide array of speakers addressing topics of military readiness, economic strength, medical advances, history, and cultural influence. The series will draw heavily from the intellectual talent of the Commonwealth.
Thank you to everyone who helped make our 2024 Leadership in America Speaker Series a success. We look forward to welcoming you in 2025.
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FALL 2025 Speaker
Missing in Action: The Search Continues with Kelly McKeague
Thursday, September 18, 2025, 6:00 p.m.
Join us the night before we open the new exhibition on current searches for military soldiers who are “Missing in Action.” Mr. Kelly McKeague serves as the Director of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA). He is responsible for policy and oversight of all aspects of the Department’s program to account for our nation’s missing personnel from past conflicts. He will share how the DoD works to recover and identify those MIA remains and discuss how they provide the fullest possible accounting of our missing personnel to their families and to the nation.
A reception and a preview of the new exhibition Virginia’s Missing in Action: The Search Continues will follow the lecture.
Register by September 11 for your reservation.
Standard Bearer Donors and up* — Complimentary
Active Duty Military — $10
General Admission — $25
*Donors whose annual membership gifts total $1,000+ (Standard Bearers) receive two complimentary reservations to our Leadership in America lecture.
To register for your complimentary or Active Duty Military reservations, please contact Ben Lovelace at 804-786-1482 or blovelace@vawarmemorial.org.