Experience the legend of the Kennedys as Dr. Melinda Ratchford, a North Carolina Humanities Council Road Scholar, presents the two part series, Camelot: The Myth and Mystique of the Kennedys. This free program will be held in the library's Community Room on Tuesdays, May 1st and May 15th at 6:00 pm. See her collection of Kennedy memorabilia, and discover what historians and others have to say about a man who died at the age of 46, and the remarkable mix of fact and fiction legacies created surrounding justice, bravery, truth and the Kennedys.
The Secrets of the Kennedy Assassination: Someone Would Have Told! will be held on Tuesday, May 15th at 6:00 pm. Meet the possible actors in this morality play - the pro and anti-Castro elements; the Mafia; the Russians, the CIA; the FBI; LHO; LBJ; and all the other acronyms swirling in the conspiracy world. What did the assassination do to the fabric of America even today? Separate fact from fiction, legend from lore, and see history from multiple perspectives.
Follow Dr. Melinda Ratchford, her memorabilia and multimedia presentation as she separates truths and untruths from murmurings and innuendoes, real facts from purported facts and allows you to revisit one of the watershed events in our country's checkered past.
This project is made possible by funding from the North Carolina Humanities Council, a statewide nonprofit and affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. The Humanities Council supports through grants and public programs vital conversations that nurture the cultures and heritage of North Carolina. Learn more about the work of the North Carolina Humanities Council at www.nchumanities.org . Also on Facebook and Twitter
For more information, email terry.bivens@mauneylibrary.org or call the library at (704) 739-2371. Mauney Memorial Library is located at 100 S. Piedmont Street, Kings Mountain, NC 28086. For the latest in library news and events, visit www.mauneylibrary.org.
Submitted by Sharon Stack