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May 6th
Monday Matinees: Historical Documentations by PBS Delta Broadcasting

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Monday Matinees: Historical Documentations by PBS Delta Broadcasting
WHEN: Mondays at 1 PM (May 6, 13, & 20)
COST: Bay County Residents & BCHS Members: FREE, Non-Bay County Residents $2/person or $5/Family (Ages 0-5 FREE)

May 6: VANISHING VOICES OF WORLD WAR II (2005)
Delta College Public Media captures the compelling accounts of wartime service from World War II veterans representing many ranks, jobs, branches of service, and theaters of war. Their stories, told in their own words, can teach us, amuse us, and inspire us.
They also sometimes sadden us with tales of lost lives, lost time, and lost innocence, all in service to our country. They will all touch on aspects of America’s war experiences at home and abroad from the routine to the extraordinary, from enlistment to discharge.

May 13: SAWDUST & SHANTY BOYS: LOGGING THE SAGINAW VALLEY WHITEPINE (2006)
They worked hard and played hard. These hardy men became folk heroes cutting their way through the Michigan woods and fighting their way through the saloons, gambling halls, and sin parlors of the local lumber towns. During the late 1800s, 27,000 men and boys worked in Michigan’s lumber camps and sawmills.
Towering white pine brought settlers to the area, but no one could have predicted the impact that the lumber industry would have on the nation, the state, and especially the Saginaw Valley. Never again will there be a time as wild and unrestrained as when sawdust flew and lumber barons and their shanty boys reigned in the Saginaw Valley.

May 20: MARGIN OF VICTORY: THE SAGINAW VALEEY’S ROLE IN WINNING WWII (2007)
World War II was the defining event of the twentieth century. Over 16 million Americans served in Europe and the Pacific during the war, but millions more worked long hours, often under very difficult conditions, to produce the needed war materials for the Allied troops.
Michigan was at the center of this "home front army" and President Roosevelt admiringly referred to the state as "The Arsenal of Democracy." Companies such as General Motors, Defoe Ship building, and Dow Chemical converted their production to the war effort, producing everything from synthetic rubber to tanks and ships.

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  • Monday, May 20