From GRAND RAPIDS HISTORICAL SOCIETY
The Grand Rapids Historical Society has announced a 250th lecture series celebrating 250 years of American history. The programs arranged chronologically from Fallen Timbers to the Vietnam War are taking place from April through October. The next lecture will be given in the auditorium of the historic Grand Rapids Town Hall, 24282 Front St.
The topic of the next program of the series, presented by Dr. Dwayne Beggs, will be the Revolutionary War. His lecture is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 12, at 7 p.m. Beggs taught U.S. History at Lourdes University in Sylvania for 14 years. Courses taught at Lourdes included the American Civil War, the Vietnam War, 20th Century America, as well as U.S. Survey Courses (Early and Modern America). Beggs’s research interest focuses on the Vietnam War and presidential war powers. He earned an M.A. and Ph.D. in U.S. Policy History from Bowling Green State University. He and his wife, Susan, live in Findlay.
There will be 13 programs presented as part of this lecture series. Admission is free, and everyone is cordially invited to help celebrate this milestone birthday of the country by attending these programs.
