MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Middle Tennessee State University’s Albert Gore Research Center is marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II with a new exhibit that looks at the conflict’s worldwide reach and its effect on families in Middle Tennessee.
The exhibit, “When the Cannons of War No Longer Roared: The Final Year of the Second World War,” features letters, photos, and personal items donated by veterans and their families. Displays show what life was like for those on the home front and for soldiers serving in Europe and the Pacific.
Archivist Andrew McMahan, who organized the exhibit, said he hopes visitors walk away with both a sense of the war’s scale and the sacrifices it demanded.
“I would like people to get some understanding of the massive scale of the conflict,” McMahan said. “Additionally, I wanted people to get some small glimpse of the cost of war to soldiers and civilians alike. Many of the photographs show the blasted landscapes of battlefields around the world, some of which are the remains of homes, businesses, or even whole cities.”
The exhibit will be on display through the fall semester in the Gore Center, located in Room 128G of Andrew L. Todd Hall. It is free and open to the public Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Off-campus visitors should obtain a temporary permit from the Parking and Transportation Services office at 205 City View Drive or pay by plate by visiting this webpage, https://bit.ly/mtvisitorparking. Visitor permits are $2 per day.
A campus parking map is available at https://bit.ly/ParkingMapMTSU2025, and more information is available at https://mtsu.edu/parking/.
About the Gore Center
The Albert Gore Research Center is a unit of the MTSU College of Liberal Arts and functions as an institution dedicated to the study of modern American politics, education, and Southern U.S. history, with an emphasis on the participation of people and organizations from Middle Tennessee.
For more information, visit https://gorecenter.mtsu.edu/.
— Karli Sutton (Karli.Sutton@mtsu.edu)
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