Upcoming GRAND RAPIDS --
President Gerald R. Ford Student Essay Challenge
This year's theme is "The Meaning of Courage Today." Open to all West Michigan high school students. More...
Upcoming exhibit: America and the Cold War
January 22 - June 13, 2010
World War II was the most devastating conflict in history with much of Europe and Asia left in ruins at war's end. Yet, there was no peace. The superpowers of the United States and Soviet Union and their ideologies of democracy versus tyranny competed for prominence on the world stage in a cold war. For over 40 years these nuclear superpowers maintained a standoff and avoided a hot war that could have potentially destroyed the planet.
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