

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: How America Tells Its Story: A Conversation with Lonnie Bunch
- **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 09 Mar, 2026 at 05:30 pm – Mon, 09 Mar, 2026 at 06:30 pm
- **Event Description**: As the United States marks its 250th anniversary, the nation finds itself grappling with fundamental questions about its identity, history, and future. How do we tell the story of America and its ideals and contradictions? What does it mean to reckon with the past while charting a path forward? Join us for a conversation with Lonnie Bunch, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and founding director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, as he reflects on American history, national memory, and what this milestone reveals about who we are and where we're headed.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/chicago/how-america-tells-its-story-a-conversation-with-lonnie-bunch/200029755658529
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- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 8

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://globalaffairs.org/events/how-america-tells-its-story-conversation-lonnie-bunch?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_campaign=chicago-events&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform

## Event venue details

- **city**: Chicago
- **state**: IL
- **country**: United States
- **location**: One Pru Plaza, 130 East Randolph Street, Suite 1650, Chicago, IL, United States, Illinois 60601
- **lat**: 41.88495
- **long**: -87.62313
- **full address**: One Pru Plaza, 130 East Randolph Street, Suite 1650, Chicago, IL, United States, Illinois 60601

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Chicago Council on Global Affairs (https://allevents.in/org/chicago-council-on-global-affairs/25476999)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Mon, 09 Mar, 2026 at 05:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** One Pru Plaza, 130 East Randolph Street, Suite 1650, Chicago, IL, United States, Illinois 60601
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Chicago Council on Global Affairs
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about How America Tells Its Story: A Conversation with Lonnie Bunch ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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