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History Snapshot with Dick Vanden Berg: “First Liberty Ship Launched” (September 27, 1941)

October 4, 2023
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Published by Justin Snook

Director of the Simon Fairfield Public Library in Douglas, Massachusetts. View all posts by Justin Snook

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  • Lego Club I December 6, 2023 at 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm Space is limited and registration is required. Call or email Debbie (dsoderman@cwmars.org or 508-476-2695) at the library for more information or to register.                       
  • Greatest Book Club Ever December 7, 2023 at 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Simon Fairfield Public Library, 290 Main St, Douglas, MA 01516, USA December's book is Leave the World Behind, by Rumaan Alam: a magnetic novel about two families, strangers to each other, who are forced together on a long weekend gone terribly wrongRumaan Alam's Leave the World Behind is a canny Trojan horse of a novel, and also a Pandora's Box. Like the family at its center, we're…
  • Music and Movement December 12, 2023 at 11:30 am – 12:00 pm
  • Young Reader's Club December 12, 2023 at 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm TBACall or email Debbie (dsoderman@cwmars.org or 508-476-2695) at the library to register.

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