James Bradley, author of the best-selling historical nonfiction books, "Flags of Our Fathers" and "Flyboys," will speak at Kirkland Fine Arts Center tonight at 7:30 p.m. Released as a major motion picture in 2007, "Flags of Our Fathers" tells the story of the six soldiers who raised the American flag on Iwo Jima, one of whom was Bradley's father, John Bradley.

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