The 2000s: MySpace, 9/11, and George W. Bush

The 2000’s were marked by Y2K fashion trends and tragedy. The 2000’s was a time of Internet advancements on modern society and the music industry. From music now readily available for download to the public creating personal My Space pages on social media, Internet and computer usage was growing. Fear was also widespread during the era, starting with the Y2K Apocalypse and Y2K Bug scares and later in the decade, the H1N1 Swine Flu. Historian Jim Gibbons will also discuss the tragic September 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center, the start of the War in Afghanistan and War on Terror, the Presidency of George W. Bush, and the natural disasters of the era including Hurricane Katrina.