WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Aug. 19 -- Purdue University issued the following news release:
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Three-time Pulitzer Prize winner, bestselling author and historian Rick Atkinson, known for his gripping narratives of military conflict from the American Revolution and World War II to the U.S. invasion of Iraq, will join interim Purdue President Mitch Daniels next month for a Presidential Lecture Series event as part of the university's yearlong celebration of the nation's 250th birthday.
The event, titled "America @ 250: Celebrating Freedom's Giant Leap," is at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 16, in Stewart Center's Fowler Hall. The event is free and open to the general public, but a ticket is required. For tickets and additional detail...