For the Thanksgiving holiday, the library will be closing early at 12 noon on Wednesday, November 27th, and will be closed on Thursday, November 28th and Friday, November 29th. We will be open our usual hours on Saturday, November 30th.
Support the Friends by entering our monthly Silent Auction! Visit the library to view and bid on each month’s curated selection of exceptional books. Enter a bidder's slip with the amount of your bid and your contact info, and then write the amount of your bid on the list so everyone can keep track of the progress.
This month’s Silent Auction theme honors all our Veterans. Delve into the history and biographies of some of the greats in Patton’s Third Army in World War II, The Good Son, and They Drew Fire: Combat Artists of World War II. Follow the twists and turns of WWII and other battles in The Secret History of World War II, Life Magazine’s World War 2, Pearl Harbor: 75 Years Later, and A Time to Honor, a 50th anniversary commemoration of the Vietnam War.
Soldiers are front and center in West Point: Two Centuries of Honor and Tradition and A Fellowship of Valor: The Battle History of the United States Marines. The War: An Intimate History 1941-1945 by Geoffrey Ward and Ken Burns recounts the poignant stories of those who lived it. Bidding on all items ends on Saturday November 30th at 3pm.
Friends of the Ventress Library
PO Box 298
Marshfield, MA 02050
