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DOCUMENTARY FILMS: VIEWING & DISCUSSION

 Rust Library
Sunday, September 16, 2:00 pm

Cascades Library
Tuesday, October 2, 7:00 pm

DAYS OF WAITING
Winner of both an Academy Award and the Peabody Award. Producer Steven Okazaki uses the memoirs of Estelle Peck Ishigo to recreate the shattering experience of relocation to a World War II Japanese-American internment camp. 28 minutes.

CHILDREN OF THE CAMP
This powerful PBS documentary shares the experiences
and issues of six Japanese Americans who were just children when they were incarcerated in internment camps during World War II. Of the 120,000 Americans of Japanese descent who were interned, more than half were children. 60 minutes.

PEARL HARBOR AND THE JAPANESE INTERNMENT CAMPS:
A Discussion led by Christopher Hamner, Associate Professor of History at George Mason University
Hamner’s teaching interests include war and the American society, and the individual’s experience of combat. He serves as Lead Historian for two Teaching American History programs in Virginia and Maryland.

Rust Library
Thursday, September 20, 7:00 pm

Cascades Library
Saturday, September 22, 2:00 pm

Purcellville Library
Sunday, September 23, 2:00 pm

Sterling Library
 Wednesday, September 26, 7:00 pm

Middleburg Library
Thursday, September 27, 7:00 pm


CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS

Stories and activities about children's experiences of the WWII Japanese American internment camps.

Best Friends Forever
Rust Library
Monday, September 24, 6:30 pm - For ages 8-11

A Child’s View
Cascades Library
Tuesday, September 25, 4:00 pm - For ages 7-11.

Our Story
Ashburn Library       
Wednesday, October 3, 4:00 pm - For ages 7-11.

 

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