April 19, 2007

Award-winning presidential historian H. W. Brands visited Grand Rapids to discuss his book, titled “Franklin D. Roosevelt: His Life and Times.” The author of books on Benjamin Franklin, Andrew Jackson, Theodore Roosevelt, and now Franklin Roosevelt,wrote an authentic history of the United States in biography.

Brands spoke Thursday, April 19, at 7:30 p.m. at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum auditorium in downtown Grand Rapids.

The event was hosted by Grand Valley State University’s Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies, the Gerald R. Ford Foundation, and the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library & Museum.