John Aarsen (Ret. Brigadier General), Museum Director for the 82nd Airborne Division War Memorial Museum, will be the keynote speaker for the North Carolina Preservation Consortium’s upcoming conference, “Preservation 250”, to be held on November 9th at the McKimmon Center in Raleigh, North Carolina.

John Aarsen civilian employment is as the Museum Director for the 82d Airborne Division War Memorial Museum since 2004.  He has worked in the Museum Field since 1988; opening the Airborne and Special Operations Museum, curator at Old Cowtown Museum and Harvey County Historical Society    He served Army Reserve Soldier for 37 years from 1985 to 2022.  Twice deploying as an Army Historian commanding Military History units.   He retired as a Brigadier General. John Aarsen is a graduate of Wichita State University, Wichita Kansas, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in History and Master of Arts in Public History.  He has a second Master of Science in Strategic Studies from the US Army War College.   

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Register by October 26, 2026