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A.K. Smiley Public Library

Serving the City of Redlands, California since 1894

Because of California's Regional Stay Home Order to slow the spread of COVID-19, in-person services are suspended until further notice. Books to Go, eLibrary, and Virtual Story Time are available and we are looking into other ways to continue to service the community. Read more about how Smiley Library is protecting the community from COVID-19.

Free Program “WWI around the World” on September 29

A.K. Smiley Public Library continues its commemoration of the Great War with “World War I around the World”, a panel discussion of the war’s global impacts on Saturday, September 29th at 9:30am in the Assembly Room.

Presenters, each of whom teach history at University of Redlands, will examine the war and its effects for their own area of historical expertise: Jessie Hewitt will examine the Western Front and the ways the French dealt with the trauma of the war after it ended, John Glover will reveal Africa’s role in the war and its effects on the continent, Jim Sandos will focus on the Texas-Mexican border from 1910-1920 and its connections to the war, Patrick Wing will show the ways the war led to the creation of the Modern Middle East, and, finally, Larry Burgess will discuss how World War I led to the end of the Mohonk Conferences on International Arbitration.  The final session will include a question-and-answer discussion with the entire panel.

This program is free and open to the public. Registration is requested, but not required. For more information, please contact the Heritage Room at (909)798-7632 or heritage@akspl.org.

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