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Start Your Weekend at the Library!
Enjoy stories, songs, and hands-on activities.
(All Ages)
Saturdays: 10:30 a.m. at Roy and Helen Hall Library (Hall)
Special Story Themes:
Feb. 10: Black History Month
Mar. 9: Women's History Month
Apr. 13: Arab American Heritage Month
May 18: Asian American / Pacific Islander Heritage Month
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Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
This episode of the U.S. Army's The Big Picture television series tells the story of the 7th Infantry Division's performance in the fight that started with the bold invasion of Inchon in the early fall of 1950. The 7th Division's invasion of the "Land of the Morning Calm" was really a return to a land that they had come to know intimately. This video from the National Archives and Records Administration explains that South Korea was where the 7th...
Series
Language
English
Description
Their names were linked to the two most powerful men during the Civil War. Their lives were both controversial and often times misunderstood, yet never before in American history were there two first ladies. This is the story of Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of the President of the United States, and Varina Davis, wife of the President of the Confederate States of America. Although they were two women from rival governments, they led parallel lives, struggling...
Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
August 1914, two weeks after the First World War was declared. 80,000 British troops have arrived in southern Belgium, but they have yet to engage the enemy. Amongst these professional soldiers are the 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, some of the best-trained gunners in the British Army. Lieutenant Maurice Dease and his friend, Australian Lieutenant Fred Steele, command two companies of riflemen and machine gunners who find themselves camping overnight...
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
In March 2003, the American-led, Global War on Terror entered a new phase with the Anglo-American-led invasion of Iraq. The rapid advance of the US military forces and the quick collapse of Saddam Hussein's government resulted in only a temporary lull in the fighting. Within a few months of the end of formal combat operations against the Iraqi military, the country was wracked by widespread civil war and insurgency that saw Shiites versus Sunnis and...
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Following the attack by al-Qaeda on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, the US government declared a "Global War on Terrorism" and demanded that the Taliban government of Afghanistan hand over the leadership of al-Qaeda. When they refused, the US and its NATO allies launched Operation Enduring Freedom. Marines were deployed in Afghanistan in a wide variety of combat roles and figures prominently in the "surge" of US ground troops that...
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
The Ghost Army was officially known as the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops. From June 1944 to March 1945 it staged 20 battlefield deceptions, beginning in Normandy and ending at the Rhine River. These deceptions included an array of inflatables (tanks, trucks, jeeps, and airplanes), sound trucks, phony radio transmissions and even playacting to fool the enemy.
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of Easy Company, 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, U.S. Army, an elite rifle company that parachuted into France early on D-Day morning, fought in the Battle of the Bulge, captured Hitler's Eagle's Nest at Berchtesgaden, and suffered heavy casualties. Also includes a documentary about the soldiers in Easy Company.
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