The Old Monterey Foundation presents an illustrated talk by Cameron Binkley on the history of the two Presidios of Monterey on Thursday, July 31 at 6pm at Irvine Auditorium in the McCone Building at Middlebury Institute of International Studies. This event is free - all are welcome.

About the Talk

Drawing upon extensive archival resources and many years of interpretive experience, Binkley will cover Native American habitation, Spanish colonization, the Battle of Monterey, the Mexican American War, the impact of American expansion on Monterey, Buffalo Soldiers, the Cavalry era, World War II, and the arrival of the Army’s language school.

About Cameron Binkley

Cameron Binkley is the Command Historian for the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center at the Presidio of Monterey. He first arrived at the Presidio in 2007 after working several years for the National Park Service. Binkley also held research positions at Stanford University and the MIIS. He is a graduate of San Francisco State University, MIIS, and the University of Denver.