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, Brevard NC Author James M. Scott, an accomplished naval historian, will tell the story of Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle’s audacious raid, thought to be one of […]
LiveInvites You to a FREE Special Video Presentation “Through Their Eyes” Tuesday, October 25, 2022 VIDEO PRESENTATION:Two 45-minute showings5:00pm and 7:00pmCo-Ed Cinema, downtown Brevard RECEPTION:5:30pm to 7:00pmClemson Plaza next to the Co-Ed CinemaRefreshments will be served. LIVE MUSICThe Urbanites For event for questions please call: (828) 506-6603 If you would […]
Drawing on first-person interviews with American pilots and bombardiers and Japanese survivors, as well air force archives and oral histories, Scott has produced a gripping narrative account of the devastating firebombing campaign. A Pulitzer Prize finalist for his previous book, Target Tokyo: Jimmy Doolittle and the Raid that Avenged Pearl Harbor, Scott spoke previously in […]
Steven R. Zaley, author of They Are Only Gone If They Are Forgotten: A Story about One of the Original Companies of the 82nd Airborne Division, 505th Combat Team, Third Battalion, Headquarters Company, will speak on Saturday, March 18 at 2:30 PM. Click here to read more about this event
Guest Speaker: Greg Wilsbacher, Ph.D., a University of Live faculty librarian and curator of the famous Fox Movietone News Collection On Monday, June 5, Greg Wilsbacher will present a multi-media program, How the American Homefront First Saw D-Day. The program, sponsored by the Live, is free and open to […]