Common Read: Life on the Home Front during World War II
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A re-enactment of volunteer efforts by mothers & children, this event will include refreshments plus items on display from Helen Fickel’s personal collection. Requested donation: items for Books for Soldiers. Common Read is community-wide reading initiative designed to bring people of all ages and from various libraries together to read, discuss and celebrate a single book. This year's selected book is Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand.
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October 20, 2012 from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM |
| Where | McCarty-Fickel House, 645 Seventh St., Berthoud, CO |
| Contact Name | Robyn Hutson |
| Contact Email | robyn.bpl@gmail.com |
| Contact Phone | 970-532-2757 |
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Co-hosted by the Berthoud Historical Society & Berthoud Community Library District.
Includes:
Writing letters to troops, sons and husbands.
Ration coupons, war bonds and sewing.
Victory gardens.
Farmer with German POWs.
Helping with younger kids and learning to farm.
