The Boomer Decades, April 10

Coos Bay Public Library hosts “From World War II to the World Wide Web: Celebrating the Boomer Decades” on Thursday evenings at 7:00 p.m. beginning April 10th.  The birth decades of the Baby Boomers will be revisited in “The Decade Your Were Born” dvd series.  Each Thursday evening for three weeks, a certain decade will be featured.  Period dress is optional.  Thursday, April 10th – The 1940s – This decade began with the election of Franklin Delano Roosevelt to an unprecedented third term … the country was isolationist … American workers got the forty hour work week … Walt Disney Studios released Fantasia and Pinocchio … Nylon stockings went on sale for the first time … and Glen Miller wrote the decade s signature song, In the Mood.  Thursday, April 17th – The 1950s – 1950 parents spurred the biggest story of the 20th century – the rise of the middle class – and millions of Americans left the cities for the suburbs to own a home of their own – a building boom was on. This was the decade where people built Bomb Shelters.  Thursday, April 24th – The 1960s – This decade opened with John F. Kennedy as the 35th President of the United States … the cartoon The Flintstones appeared on Television for the first time … Chubby Checker started a new dance craze with the sensational twist … the U.S. men s ice hockey team won gold in the winter Olympics at Squaw Valley, California … and Alan Shepard made the first U.S. space fight.  This free program is sponsored by the Friends of Coos Bay Public Library and open to the public.  For more information, please visit http://bay.cooslibraries.org or call 541.269.1101.