American Dreamer: The Life and Times of Henry A. Wallace – Ames History Museum

American Dreamer: The Life and Times of Henry A. Wallace

Wed., April 22, 7 p.m.

Attend in person: Ames Public Library, 515 Douglas Ave.

Attend virtually: Register for the Zoom link

Speaker: Tom Milligan, actor, director, theatrical producer

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.

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.