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Community Book Club: MN 1918
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Location:
Willmar Community Center
624 US-71 BUS
Willmar, MN 56201 -
Dates:
Oct 27, 2025 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Hello Book Club Member!
October 27 @ 3:30p- Minnesota 1918 by Curt Brown
You have until the 4th Monday of each month @ 3:30pm, where this group will meet to discuss the book read during the month! At this time, group will decide (process yet to be determined) next month’s book!
Please look for discussion questions/topics to bring with you as you are reading.
A snippet from October’s book:
In 1918, Minnesota and its residents were confronted with a series of devastating events that put communities to the test, forcing them to persevere through untold hardship. First, as the nation immersed itself in the global conflict later known as World War I, some 118,000 Minnesotans served in the war effort, both at home and “over there”–and citizens on the home front were subjected to loyalty tests and new depths of government surveillance. While more than 1,400 Minnesotans were killed on the battlefields, an additional 2,300 soldiers were struck down by another destructive force working its way across the globe in 1918: the influenza pandemic, which left more than 10,000 dead in Minnesota alone. Then, in mid-October, fires raged across 1,500 square miles in seven counties of northeastern Minnesota, leaving thousands homeless and hundreds dead.
See you Monday, October 27 @ 3:30p for the Book discussion!