The Beginning of the End: The Battle of the Bulge, a traveling exhibit in honor of the 80th Anniversary of the WW II Battle of the Bulge, will be on display in the 1st floor atrium of Dahlberg Hall, next to Memorial Hall, until December 10th, 2025.
 
Curated by the Bastogne War Museum, the exhibit's installation at GSU is a collaboration between The Consulate General of Belgium in Atlanta, the GSU Department of Anthropology, and the GSU Office of International Initiatives. It was installed by undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in the class 'Museum Anthropology.'
 
After the successful D-Day landing in France in June 1944, The Allies moves east to the forests of the Ardennes in Belgium and Luxembourg. In response, Hitler, launched a surprise attack on December 16. His goal was to break through the Allied front, seize control of Antwerp, divide the Allied forces, and sue for peace. When the Germans surrounded the Allied soldiers at Bastogne it caused a “bulge” into the Allied front lines, giving the battle its name. The battle lasted five weeks and would become a major turning point during WWII.