LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The December History Roundtable will take place on Wednesday, Dec. 15.

It will begin at 6 p.m. at the Lakeport office of Country Air Properties, located at 460 S. Main St. Lakeport.

Zane Jensen will present, “The French Revolution: What happened, How it changed the world, and How it affects us today."

He will cover the causes, the players, the chaos, the good, the bad and the ugly, including the Jacobin Reign of Terror that led to thousands of beheadings. He will take events up to Napoleon, and the impact of it to our present day.

Phil Smoley will do a brief presentation on “The Christmas Truce of 1914,” when during the first Christmas of World War I, when a truce was called for Christmas Day, troops from both sides spontaneously crossed no-mans land to mingle and celebrate with the enemy, to the great chagrin of their leaders. A few days later, the men had to go back to the process of killing one another.

Admission is free; everyone is welcome (even Jacobins, but they will be asked to behave themselves; this is a no beheading event).

For more information, contact Phil Smoley at 707-349-1008.