Veterans
Midcoast Veterans Book Group
Apr 9, 2018 | News & Announcements, Veterans
Preceding the presentation by the author, all Veterans are invited to join a free, facilitated book discussion of Fearful Odds: A Memoir of Vietnam and its Aftermath by Charles W. Newhall. Copies of the book and supper will be available at each discussion. Discussion dates: May 16 and May 23, 5:30 PM | Book talk: May 26, 11:00 AM Location: Knox Museum:… Read more
Veterans Book Group 2018
Mar 2, 2018 | News & Announcements, Veterans
We are offering several book groups to all Maine Veterans / Former Service Members in this spring. Groups may focus on one longer text, like the Odyssey, or instead read selected short stories, novels, memoirs, historical texts, essays, or poems related to the experience of military service. Lewiston/Auburn A reading and discussion group for Veterans/Former Service… Read more
Fall 2017 Veterans Book Groups
Sep 26, 2017 | News & Announcements, Veterans
We are offering several book groups to all Maine Veterans / Former Service Members in the fall of 2017. Groups may focus on one longer text, like the Odyssey, or instead read selected short stories, novels, memoirs, historical texts, essays, or poems related to the experience of military service. Bangor: October 5 – November 9 | Thursdays 6-8pm… Read more
In the Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln questions whether words have the power to give meaning to the world. He argues that the company assembled at a Gettysburg cemetery cannot consecrate the ground because “the brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract.” He… Read more
