Java with Joe E.: Richard Beatty, “Dr. Seuss Goes to War”

Join us at the Holland Land Office Museum for the next edition of our Java with Joe E. Series on Thursday, May 22nd at 9 am. Richard Beatty will be presenting on “Dr. Seuss Goes to War.” In conjunction with the new exhibit at HLOM, Richard Beatty will present a look back at Dr. Seuss’s virtually unknown WWII era political cartoons. Author Richard H Minear, now retired Professor of History at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, discovered that there existed 400 drawings that ultimately became the subject matter for his 1999 book, Dr. Seuss Goes to War, the World War II Editorial Cartoons of Theodor Seuss Geisel”. Come and hear about Seuss’s contribution to the war effort years before his name became famous for his wildly popular children’s books. Thank you to Tim Horton’s of Batavia for sponsoring the refreshments for Java with Joe E. for 2025.