Unbroken

Read the true story of the Olympian athlete who became a WWII airman. By strength of will, he endured a harrowing ordeal when his plane crashed into the Pacific Ocean, and he survived, against all odds.


Laura Hillenbrand's acclaimed novel (which was made into a motion picture), Unbroken, is the next book for the WMCC lunchtime book discussion group. We'll meet at noon on Thursday, November 6, in Room 122. Copies of the book and audio are available in the library. Bring your lunch!

Meet George Washington's Runaway Slave...

What was life like being the slave of the first President of the United States?   Ask Oney Judge.

Oney Judge lived with the Washingtons as Martha's personal servant and skilled seamstress until her escape, at the age of 23, to Portsmouth, N.H., in 1796.  Oney lived the remainder of her life in New Hampshire.   

Award-winning living-history performer Gwendolyn Quezaire-Presutti brings Oney Judge's story to life in her presentation "If I am Not for Myself, Who Will Be for Me", at 6 p.m. on October 15, 2014 in the WMCC Library.

Sponsored by the Berlin Public Library, Gorham Public Library, and White Mountains Community College Fortier Library.  Funding provided by the New Hampshire Humanities Council.

Free admission.  Light refreshments will be served. 

Library Assistance at the Littleton Academic Center

"Bunker Hill"

We've all heard of the battle of Bunker Hill, but what really happened?

Historian George Morrison will lead a discussion of the book Bunker Hill by Nathaniel Philbrick, on Wednesday, September 17, at 6 p.m.    at the WMCC Fortier Library.

Sponsored by the Berlin Public Library, Gorham Public Library, and White Mountains Community College Fortier Library.  Funding provided by the New Hampshire Humanities Council.

Free admission.  Light refreshments will be served.  Copies of the book are available at all three libraries.

 

New Children's Area!

The WMCC Fortier Library has a new children's area!  These lovely maple wood custom book cases were created especially for our library by the GraniteCor Correctional Industry Program at the Northern NH Correctional Facility Woodshop.  The industrial work program for prison inmates is self supporting, and assists in lowering recidivism rates by teaching inmates valuable skills. 

Stop by and check it out--and bring the kids!