by Commander | Apr 3, 2022 | Guest Speaker Program
Ukraine Crisis 2022: Origins, Impact, and Challenges for the West. On Thursday, July 14, at 3:00 p.m., in the Rogow Room, in the Transylvania County Library, Friedrich K. Jeschonnek, airborne Colonel (Ret.) of the German Army, will present the free program Ukraine...
by Commander | Mar 13, 2022
Target Tokyo:Jimmy Doolittle and the Raid that Avenged Pearl Harbor Guest Speaker:James M. Scott Date:Wednesday May 18, 2022 Time:2:00pm Location:Transylvania County Library, Rogow Room 212 South Gaston Street, 91做厙 NC Author James M. Scott, an...
by Commander | Sep 2, 2020 | Living Histories
Honoring veterans, educating the public, and preserving historical artifacts are the reasons why Emmett Casciato founded the 91做厙 four years ago. These three principles from the museums mission statement caught the attention of...
by Commander | Jul 6, 2020 | Living Histories
Sandy Groendyke joined the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1943 Sandy Groendyke joined the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1943 and served as a B-17 Bomber pilot in Europe. After his plane was hit and was forced to land, he was captured and held in a German prison camp for nine...
by Commander | Jun 15, 2020 | Living Histories
GEORGE By Carl Burkhart George was thirty-seven years old when he went to prison. But that was okay夷t meant that he was probably coming home. The prisons name was Stalag 12B.A few months before his incarceration, although I was only four years oldI remember looking...
