BEGIN:VCALENDAR X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago PRODID:-//University of Iowa//Events 1.0//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240329T013018Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181010 SUMMARY:STORIES WORTH TELLING: Marking 20 Years of "The Greatest Generation" DESCRIPTION:Please see the Main Library Gallery site for specific exhibit times.\n\nStories Worth Telling: Marking 20 Years of “The Greatest Generation” celebrates those whose sacrifices and contributions during World War II inspired Tom Brokaw’s 1998 book The Greatest Generation. On the book’s 20th anniversary\, this exhibit immerses visitors in stories of ordinary people who did extraordinary things.\n\nOriginal papers\, artifacts\, and photographs document the events leading to World War II\, share the experiences of those who fought on foreign and domestic fronts\, and reveal the research used to create the bestselling book.\n\nDrawing from the collections of the University of Iowa Libraries’ Special Collections and the African American Museum of Iowa\, Stories Worth Telling brings to our current moment a generation both familiar and overlooked\, offering opportunities to consider what “The Greatest Generation” means today.\n\n\nhttps://events.uiowa.edu/14950 LOCATION:University of Iowa Main Library\, Gallery\, 125 West Washington Street\, Iowa City\, IA 52242 UID:edu.uiowa.events-prod-14950 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Please see the Main Library Gallery site for specific exhibit times.
\n\nStories Worth Telling: Marking 20 Years of “The Greatest Generation” \;celebrates those whose sacrifices and contributions during World War II inspired Tom Brokaw’s 1998 book \;The Greatest Generation. On the book’s 20th anniversary\, this exhibit immerses visitors in stories of ordinary people who did extraordinary things.
\n\nOriginal papers\, artifacts\, and photographs document the events leading to World War II\, share the experiences of those who fought on foreign and domestic fronts\, and reveal the research used to create the bestselling book.
\n\nDrawing from the collections of the University of Iowa Libraries’ Special Collections and the African American Museum of Iowa\, \;Stories Worth Telling \;brings to our current moment a generation both familiar and overlooked\, offering opportunities to consider what “The Greatest Generation” means today.
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