Perspectives on the Greatest Generation with Garrett Graff

Schedule

Tue Sep 02 2025 at 06:30 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library | Ann Arbor, MI

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The author of two major oral histories about the major turning points of World War II — the D-Day invasion of Europe as well as the Manhattan Project and the atomic bombings of Japan — Graff will discuss the legacy of the Greatest Generation how World War II changed the world and the first-person realities of fighting in the greatest conflict humanity has ever known.


Event is free to the public

cookie and coffee reception to follow

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Where is it happening?

Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library, 1000 Beal Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, United States

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