-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Deborah Littrell Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 9:08 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [syscon-tx] FW: Held on the Homefront: German POWs in the U.S.,1943-46
Posted by request Deborah Littrell ************************************************************************ *** E-FLYER ************************************************************************ *** TRACES Center for History and Culture is featuring Held on the Homefront: German POWs in the U.S., 1943-46, a traveling exhibit touring the state of Texas, December 10, 2009 through January 6, 2010. Held on the Homefront is an unusual, rich story brought to life in BUS-eum 3-a 40-foot school bus converted into a mobile classroom and museum. The exhibit consists of 15 narrative display panels illustrated with photographs and documents, audio and DVD documentaries, artifacts and more. As of Labor Day weekend 2009, this exhibit has embarked on a two year tour schedule to visit both large and small communities in about 25 states, from Minnesota to Texas, then Florida and, by June 2011, Boston. This link provides a short video clip of a BUS-eum 3 stop in Michigan: http://www.traces.org/Buseum_3_tour/Held%20in%20the%20Heartland%20Curren t/hartland-video.html Although few people know the story today, almost half a million Axis POWs were held in the U.S. during WWII. Three hundred and eighty thousand of these POWs were Germans, held in 660 camps in almost every state in the union. They worked side by side with their American "hosts" and in the process formed relationships, some lasting for decades. These experiences on all sides embody ageless and timely themes of war and peace, justice under arms, and issues regarding human rights, international reconciliation and future conflict avoidance. In total, there were over seventy camps in the state of Texas alone: Camp Atlanta (Cass County)-Fort Bliss (El Paso County)-Camp Bowie (Brown County)-Camp Brady (McCulloch County)-Camp Bullis (San Antonio)-Corpus Christi Naval Air Station (Nueces County)-Fort Crockett (Galveston County)-and more. Branch Camps: Alto (Cherokee County)-Alvin (Brazoria County)-Amarillo Army Air Field (Potter County)-Anahuac (Chambers County)-Angleton (Brazoria County)-Ashburn General Hospital (Collin County)-Bannister (San Augustine County)-Barkeley (Taylor County)-Bay City (Matagorda County)-Big Springs Army Air Field (Howard County)-Biggs Field (El Paso County)-Bryan (Brazos County)-Canutillo (El Paso County)-Center (Shelby County)-and more. Civilian Internment Camps: Crystal City (Zavala County) -Gatesville Internment Camp (Coryell County) -Kenedy Alien Internment Camp (Karnes County) -Fort Sam Houston, (Bexar County) -Seagoville (Dallas County) Slots are limited and will be confirmed on a first-come/first-served basis. Call 651.646.0400 or contact [email protected] for details or to reserve a showing; immediate response is suggested. Please feel free to check out our website for more tour information (www.TRACES.org <http://www.traces.org/> ). TRACES Center for History and Culture is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. State affiliates of the National Endowment for the Humanities underwrite this tour; local hosts fund the rest.
