Marshall Hosting Traveling Exhibit

Wednesday, 23 August 2023

A new traveling exhibit will be making a stop in Marshall IL.

The Marshal Public Library has been selected as one of 50 U.S Libraries to host the "Americans and the Holocaust" exhibit.

The exhibit comes from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and features a collection of documents and pictures that display Americans' responses to Nazism, war, and genocide during WWII.

The library will also be hosting several public events, which include:

• September 7th @ 6:30 PM - Holocaust Survivor Story from the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center Speaker's Bureau
• September 14th @ 6:30 PM - Jews n the Blues Concert by Lil Rev
• September 21st @ 6:30 PM - US and the Holocaust movie with discussion led by Dan Crews
• September 28th @ 6:30 PM - Mollie's War with Illinois Humanities Road Scholar Cyndee Shaffer
• October 5th @ 6:30 PM - The Story of Eva Kor by CANDLES Holocaust Museum Executive Director Troy Fears
• October 12th @ 6:30 PM - "A New Deal for the American People" - Roosevelt's Recovery Programs in Clark County,

Illinois by Illinois Humanities Road Scholar and Head Librarian Jamie Poorman
The Exhibit will be open from September 1st to October 13th.

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