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Upcoming Events


SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2024 - 10 A.M.

Tech Saturday

Tech helper Caleb Pusey will answer your tech questions at the library 10am to noon

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2024 - 4 P.M.

Author talk: The Caretakers: War Graves Gardeners and the Secret Battle to Rescue Allied Airmen in World War II by Caitlin DeAngelis

Bremen Library is pleased to present internationally renowned cemetery expert Caitlin Galante DeAngelis on Thursday, November 14 at 4 pm. DeAngelis will talk about her book The Caretakers: War Graves Gardeners and the Secret Battle to Rescue Allied Airmen in World War II, a fascinating story about the cemetery gardeners who worked for the Imperial War Graves Commission after World War I, caring for the WWI cemeteries in France. In 1940, these caretakers were trapped in France when the Nazis invaded. Some were arrested and sent to internment camps; others joined the French Resistance.When World War I ended, hundreds of British veterans stayed in France to work for the newly chartered Imperial War Graves Commission. Through the 1920s and 1930s, these veteran-gardeners married local women, raised bilingual children, and dedicated themselves to caring for the graves of their fallen comrades.When World War II swept through Europe in 1940, more than 200 War Graves gardeners were stranded in Nazi-occupied France. Their bosses explicitly ordered them to remain at their posts, even when their villages were under attack by the invading Germans.Through meticulous research, never-before-published journals and papers, and compassionate storytelling, DeAngelis honors the sacrifices made by War Graves gardeners and their families.The program is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2024 - 9:30 A.M.

WREATH SALE BEGINS

The highly anticipated Bremen Library Wreath Sale is officially on Saturday and Sunday November 30 and December 1 from 9-2 at the Bremen Town House. However, you can stop in at the Town House Monday - Friday November 18-22 between 9:30 am and noon and 1 - 2:30pm to purchase a wreath. Newly decorated wreaths will go on sale as they are made.

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Grey Wolf
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