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Between 1917 and 1920, the ALA raised $5 million from public donations, erected 36 camp libraries, distributed 7 to 10 million books and magazines, and provided library collections to more than 500 locations, including military hospitals. The Library War Service also provided books in Braille to soldiers that were blinded in battle.
Armed Services Editions ( ASEs) were small paperback books of fiction and nonfiction that were distributed in the American military during World War II. From 1943 to 1947, some 122 million copies of more than 1,300 ASE titles were distributed to service members, with whom they were enormously popular. The ASEs were edited and printed by the ...
Coordinates: 38°23′39″N 122°21′54″W. The Veterans Home of California is located in Yountville, California, and was founded in 1884. [1] [2] The facility is the largest of its kind in the United States and has a population of almost 800 aged and disabled veterans of World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Gulf War, the War ...
Operation Manna and Operation Chowhound were humanitarian food drops to relieve the Dutch famine of 1944–45 in the German-occupied Netherlands undertaken by Allied bomber crews during the last days of the war in Europe. Manna (29 April – 7 May 1945), which dropped 7,000 tonnes of food into the still Nazi-occupied western part of the ...
The Salvation Army was founded in London's East End in 1865 by one-time Methodist Reform Church minister William Booth and his wife Catherine Booth as the East London Christian Mission, [1] : 21 and this name was used until 1878. [1] : 5 The name "The Salvation Army" developed from an incident on 19 and 20 May 1878.
November’s kick-off event includes book and panel discussions, an author talk, and workshops for adults and youth on Nov. 28 from 5-7 p.m.at the Springfield Library, 225 5th St Suite 301.
13 Hours (book) 13 Hours. (book) 13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened in Benghazi is a 2014 historical book by American author Mitchell Zuckoff that depicts the terrorist attack by Islamist militants at the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya on September 11, 2012. [1] The book is an account from the point of view of ...
Books can be dropped off at the Main Library, 202 Cedar Street, during the designated times. For those contributing a bulk donation, contact Friends prior to drop off by emailing ...