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Entries Tagged as 'World War II'
Documenting Victory
June 6th, 2019 · Comments Off on Documenting Victory · Art Room, Books, City Library, Events, Main Branch
Tags: D-Day·manchester·N.H.·new hampshire·war photography·World War II
‘Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience & Redemption’ by Laura Hillenbrand
June 14th, 2015 · Comments Off on ‘Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience & Redemption’ by Laura Hillenbrand · Book Group, Books, City Library, Events, Main Branch
On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood.
Tags: Brown Bag Book Club·Laura Hillenbrand·manchester·Manchester City Library·N.H.·new hampshire·Resilience & Redemption·Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival·World War II
Girls of Atomic City: Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II
March 29th, 2014 · 1 Comment · Book Group, Books, City Library, Events, Main Branch
Starting in 1942, the U.S. government began quietly acquiring more than 60,000 acres in Eastern Tennessee for the Manhattan Project — the secret World War II program that developed the atomic bomb.
Tags: Book Club·Books·Denise Kiernan·Girls of Atomic City: Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II·manchester·Manchester City Library·Manhattan Project·N.H.·new hampshire·nuclear bombs·Oak Ridge·uranium enrichment·World War II
The Granite Men of the Henri-Chapelle Book Signing
October 25th, 2013 · Comments Off on The Granite Men of the Henri-Chapelle Book Signing · Books, City Library, Events, Local Author Series, Local History, Main Branch, NH Room
During World War II, forty New Hampshire servicemen fought the war on foreign soil and were killed in action never to return home to their families.
Tags: Aimee Fogg·Belgium·Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery·Henri-Chapelle Cemetery·manchester·Manchester City Library·N.H.·N.H. veterans·new hampshire·The Granite Men of Henri‐Chapelle·veterans·World War II
The Nine Lives of Julius – Talk & Book Signing
September 18th, 2013 · Comments Off on The Nine Lives of Julius – Talk & Book Signing · Books, City Library, Main Branch, NH Room
The book, The Nine Lives of Julius by Ilona Reinitzer, tells the story of Julius who was a teenager when taken by the Nazis to work in a labor camp outside of Auschwitz.
Tags: Auschwitz·Book signing·Books·Ilona Reinitzer·manchester·Manchester City Library·N.H.·new hampshire·The Nine Lives of Julius·World War II
Honoring Manchester’s World War II Veterans
August 7th, 2009 · Comments Off on Honoring Manchester’s World War II Veterans · Events, Main Branch, Movies, News
The Queen City will soon have a formal monument honoring its World War II veterans. The new Manchester, NH World War II Memorial in Veteran’s Park will be dedicated during the week of August 16th – 23rd, with a variety of events scheduled to mark the occasion. The library is pleased to be participating in […]
Tags: dedication·Films·memorial·monument·Movies·veterans·World War II