On Thursday, May 22, the Bureau County Genealogical Society will host Historian Jim Gibbons, who will make a presentation on World War II at 7 p.m. at the Bureau County Genealogical Society, located at 629 S. Main St., in Princeton.
This program is a special presentation and coincides with the 80th anniversary of VE Day, the end of World War II in Europe. The public is invited to attend this free presentation.
On December 8, 1941, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt stated: “Yesterday, December 7, 1941- a date which will live in infamy-the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.” The United States had now entered World War II.
Historian Jim Gibbons will take you through the second of two of the most catastrophic wars in our nation’s history, World War II. Gibbons will highlight significant events that thrust the United States into this unwanted war. These unfolding events included Germany, Italy, and
Japan’s mad, manipulative race to power; the bombing of Pearl Harbor, London, Warsaw, Stalingrad, and Leningrad; and the seizing of Paris. Gibbons will show how the United States, Great Britain, and Russia united together to bring down and eventually destroy these Axis Powers.
Contact the Bureau County Genealogical Society at 815-879-3133 for any questions.
