Library News

If you can’t get enough of the Hunger Games phenomenon, then you will want to mark your calendar for Monday, April 16^th.  The Maury County Public Library will be hosting a Hunger Games Survival Night from 5:30-6:30 PM.  This program will be all about survival techniques.  “We’ll be giving attendees a taste of the skills needed to be a successful Hunger Games tribute,” explains Librarian Mecca Caron.  “Expect to learn a few sword-fighting and archery techniques, fire starting, and even how to keep yourself from starving in the wild.  You won’t want to miss this unique program.”
 
This event is part of the year-long BOOKS ALIVE! Teen Reading initiative funded in part by a grant from the Tennessee Arts Commission.  No registration is required for this free event to be held at the Maury County Public Library, 211 West 8^th Street, Columbia, TN.  For additional information, please call (931) 375-6507.
 

The Maury County Public Library’s celebration of the American Civil War Sesquicentennial will continue in March with lectures by authors Eric A. Jacobson, Traci Nichols Belt and Gordon T. Belt.

Jacobson will be at the Maury County Public Library at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 22, to discuss his latest work, “Baptism of Fire: The 44th Missouri, 175th Ohio and 183rd Ohio at the Battle of Franklin.”

The book is described as being “much more than a battle history, this book relates the individual stories of the soldiers who left their homes to fight for what they believed to be right and how they ended up at a place called Franklin.”

The second library program at 2 p.m. March 24 will feature the book “Onward Southern Soldiers: Religion and the Army of Tennessee” by Traci Nichols-Belt and Gordon T. Belt. The book description reads, “The Civil War was trying, bloody and hard-fought combat for both sides. What was it, then, that sustained soldiers low on supplies and morale? For the Army of Tennessee, it was religion. ‘Onward Southern Soldiers: Religion and the Army of Tennessee’ in the Civil War explores the significant impact of religion on every rank, from generals to chaplains to common soldiers. It took faith to endure overwhelming adversity. Religion unified troops, informing both why and how they fought and providing the rationale for enduring great hardship for the Confederate cause. Using primary source material such as diaries, letters, journals and sermons of the Army of Tennessee, Traci Nichols-Belt, along with Gordon T. Belt, presents the history of the vital role of the army’s religious practices.”