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In this one-act play based on the award-winning book of the same name by Senator John C. Culver and John Hyde, actor Tom Milligan portrays Henry A. Wallace, the agricultural innovator and founder of Pioneer Hi-Bred seed corn company who became US Secretary of Agriculture and later Vice President under Franklin Roosevelt. Admired by many and later branded as a Socialist during his controversial 1948 campaign for the presidency, Wallace always held out a vision for the future.American Dreamer: The Life and Times of Henry A. Wallace
Speaker: Tom Milligan, actor, director, theatrical producer
Attend in person: Ames Public Library, 515 Douglas Ave.
Attend online: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_uCLXt-JrQTqIAsYUerDFfw#/registration
Program funded by Humanities Iowa, a private, non-profit state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities and the State Historical Society of Iowa. 2026 Lecture Series presented in partnership by Ames History Museum and Ames Public Library.
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Ames Public Library, 515 Douglas Ave, Ames, IA 50010-6215, United States
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