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Iowa History 101: A Portrait of Glenn Miller

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Thursday, February 22, 2024 - 12:00 to 1:00pm
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600 E Locust St, Des Moines, IA

Join Dennis Spragg, senior consultant at the Glenn Miller Archive and the author of Glenn Miller Declassified and learn about the life of famed musician Glenn Miller. Spragg, the authorized archivist and biographer for Glenn Miller, will provide an overview of Miller’s life discussing his childhood in Clarinda, Iowa, his important work as a conductor, composer and musician and concluding with Miller’s mysterious disappearance in 1944.

The Iowa History 101 webinars share Iowa stories and the history of the state through a cultural history lens on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month. Registration is required for each event and to receive a link to the recorded program.

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