Once Upon a Town: The Miracle of the North Platte Canteen
by Bob Greene
Wednesday, November 4, 12:00 noon
Dulaney Room
During World War II, the citizens of North Platte, Nebraska transformed their railroad depot into a canteen for soldiers going through town--providing free egg salad sandwiches, apples, candy and homemade cakes; magazines, Bibles and music; encouragement and friendship.
Between Christmas Day 1941 and early April 1946, some 6 million military personnel were fed and nurtured by a community of 12,000 people. All of them were volunteers, inspired to do something for men who might never return home.
“We’re always talking about what it is that we want the country to become,” author Bob Greene writes. “Maybe the answer is one we already had, but somehow threw away.”
by Bob Greene
Wednesday, November 4, 12:00 noon
Dulaney Room
During World War II, the citizens of North Platte, Nebraska transformed their railroad depot into a canteen for soldiers going through town--providing free egg salad sandwiches, apples, candy and homemade cakes; magazines, Bibles and music; encouragement and friendship.
Between Christmas Day 1941 and early April 1946, some 6 million military personnel were fed and nurtured by a community of 12,000 people. All of them were volunteers, inspired to do something for men who might never return home.
“We’re always talking about what it is that we want the country to become,” author Bob Greene writes. “Maybe the answer is one we already had, but somehow threw away.”
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