Date/Time
Date(s) - 03/27/25
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Location
64 Genesee Street
Hornell, NY 14843
Categories
Join Award-winning local author, Barb Warner Deane, in a celebration of National Women’s History month by exploring the roles of American women in WW2 at the Hornell Public Library. After Pearl Harbor was attacked, American troops started traveling across the U.S. for recruitment, induction, training, and deployment. Most servicemen had never been far away from home and certainly not on an over-crowded troop train, destination unknown. You may have heard of the Stage Door Canteen or Hollywood Canteen, where celebrities offered food, dancing, and entertainment to our servicemen. But the real surprise came at train stations all across the country, such as North Platte, NE, Dennison, OH, Utica & Syracuse, NY, and Connellsville, PA, where local women, children, and senior citizens sacrificed their own food and ration stamps to provide a morale boost to hungry, homesick, and frightened soldiers. Come learn about how the Greatest Generation pulled together to help our troops.
