Athens Regional Library System

WWII Presentation

Sunday, January 30, 2022, 3:00pm - 4:30pm

Join us as guest speaker Rod Davis presents War at the End of the World, sharing his journey to the Central Pacific Islands Campaign of WWII, following the path his father took when he fought in the war. He will discuss the action that occurred on Saipan, Tinian, Guam, Iwo Jima and Peleliu showing then and now pictures.

Rod Davis is well known among veterans in the Athens area, as he has volunteered for the Witness to War program, which documents stories by World War II veterans. He was also instrumental in nominating numerous local veterans for the Legion of Honor Medal presented by the government of France. For more information please call Oconee County Library at 706-769-3950.

OCL Third Monday Book Club [Note different date]

Monday, January 24, 2022, 7:00pm - 8:00pm

We meet the Third Monday of the month at the Oconee County Library and welcome all new members!  This month we are meeting on the fourth Monday due to the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday. We are reading Toni Morrison's Beloved. 

From Goodreads: Sethe was born a slave and escaped to Ohio, but eighteen years later she is still not free. She has borne the unthinkable and not gone mad, yet she is still held captive by memories of Sweet Home, the beautiful farm where so many hideous things happened. Meanwhile Sethe’s house has long been troubled by the angry, destructive ghost of her baby, who died nameless and whose tombstone is engraved with a single word: Beloved.

Sethe works at beating back the past, but it makes itself heard and felt incessantly in her memory and in the lives of those around her. When a mysterious teenage girl arrives, calling herself Beloved, Sethe’s terrible secret explodes into the present.

Combining the visionary power of legend with the unassailable truth of history, Morrison’s unforgettable novel is one of the great and enduring works of American literature.

Limited copies are available at the Oconee County Library's front desk.  

Find it on PINES: https://gapines.org/eg/opac/record/2580196

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