Dodona Manor Volunteer Resources
Presentations & Exhibits
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For presentations you must contact the author to request permission to use and obtain a PowerPoint file copy of the presentation. Author name contains email link.
If you use the presentations, include the following disclaimer. “The views, opinions and conclusions are those of the presenter and not necessarily those of the George C. Marshall International Center.” and given attribution to the original author.
Please contact Bob Pohtos, with any recommendations, comments or questions.
George C. Marshall -Organizer of Victory
by Richard Rhoades
Proposed Visitor Center Exhibit Panels
Proposed Content of George C. Marshall International Center (GCMIC) Visitor Center Permanent Exhibit
In September the DAC recommended to the GCMIC Board that the GCMIC Visitor Center’s permanent exhibit should chronologically chronicle General Marshall’s life, times, service, and accomplishments. Further, the chronological narrative should be focused primarily on his professional life. Additionally, this exhibit should introduce his personal life, complement the tour video, introduce the house, and incentivize a visitor to take the house tour. The house tour should continue to focus on his personal life, showing the important connection to his professional life and times.
The attached PDF (CLICK HERE) is the proposed chronological chronicle content panel-by-panel. It is an excellent concise accounting of General Marshall’s life, times, service, and accomplishments. It cites references, and it includes quotations and suggested images.
George C. Marshall Foundation Legacy Lecture Series - CLICK INK
In addition to George C. Marshall and his contemporaries, the video lecture topics range from specific events such as the Anglo-American Arcadia Conference to the roles played by American women and Black Americans during World War II. Also included are lectures on the careers and impact of several non-military figures of the 1940s and 1950s. The lectures are given by noted historians, scholars, and special collection librarians. Each is typically about an hour long.
Saving Dodona Manor
Contact – Bill Brooks
During 1988, local citizens learned that developers were intent on purchasing the Dodona Manor house and grounds and converting their use to commercial purposes. B. Powell Harrison, a local Leesburg citizen led the effort to save Dodona Manor as a legacy to General George C. Marshall. It is a story of vision, determination, perseverance, and the contributions of many.
In June 2025, Docent Bill Brooks spoke to Camp Marshall attendees about the saving of Dodona Manor, its renovation and restoration. Notes used for that talk, are provided (Click Here) as background information for all Docents. Some notes were extracted from an exhibit previously displayed in the Haub Room. Wherever appropriate, the notes cite the specific panel from which the information was extracted.
Haub Room Exhibit
2021 - Grace & Grit, The Life & Leadership of Katherine Marshall
Contact – Bob Pohtos
