The Arrowhead Library System is pleased to present Arn Kind’s Minnesota in The Great War, a free program being offered for ages 8-adult at the following dates and locations:
Monday, March 6, 10:30 a.m.
Coleraine Public Library
Monday, March 6, 6:00 p.m.
Two Harbors Public Library
Tuesday, March 7, 6:00 p.m.
Eveleth Public Library
Wednesday, March 8, 1:00 p.m.
Hibbing Public Library
Wednesday, March 8, 6:00 p.m.
Babbitt Public Library
Thursday, March 9, 6:00 p.m.
Grand Marais Public Library
Friday, March 10, 1:00 p.m.
Silver Bay Public Library
Saturday, March 11, 10:30 a.m.
Cook Community Center
Saturday, March 11, 6:00 p.m.
Carlton Public Library
Monday, March 13, 12:30 p.m.
CHI Community Center, Baudette
Monday, March 13, 6:30 p.m.
International Falls Public Library
Tuesday, March 14, 3:30 p.m.
Ely Public Library
Wednesday, March 15, 6:00 p.m.
Cloquet Public Library
Thursday, March 16, 6:00 p.m.
West Duluth Branch Library
Friday, March 17, 3:30 p.m.
Mt Royal Branch Library
Saturday, March 18, 10:30 a.m.
Duluth Public Library
2017 is the 100th anniversary of America’s entry into the Great War! Minnesotans found themselves on battlefields and on seas that were far more lethal than anything that had come before.
The First World War, which for America lasted only 19 months, involved more than 100,000 soldiers from Minnesota. They served in the army, navy, marine corps and medical corps. Of that number, more than 1,400 were killed in battle or fatally wounded. Another 2000 died of disease; many from the flu epidemic which broke out during the war.
Participants will learn about:
- The causes of the war
- Why and how America got involved
- Strategies used to win the war
- The uniform, weapons, equipment, and the life of the typical Minnesota soldier or “Doughboy”
- The role women played in the war
- The new technologies that were introduced during the war. Technologies like the airplane, the submarine, the tank, and the introduction of lethal gas on the battlefield made the Great War the first ‘industrial war.”
Join us for an exciting living history program about the war to “The War to End All Wars.”
This program, sponsored by Arrowhead Library System, was funded in part or in whole with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. To learn more about Arrowhead Legacy Events, please see our calendar at www.alslib.info, find us on Twitter www.twitter.com/ArrowheadLegacy, on Pinterest at https://www.pinterest.com/alexisleitgeb/legacy-events
