Women Airforce Service Pilots of WWII: A Visible Veterans Program with Frederick Beseler

Join the La Crescent Public Library and presenter Frederick Beseler to learn about the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) of WWII. The WASPs were organized in order to provide pilots, replacing the male pilots being sent overseas and into combat. The WASPs flew more than 60 million miles in every type of aircraft in the Army Air Forces inventory, from biplane trainers to four-engine bombers and transports and 400-plus MPH fighters. The primary role of the WASPs was delivering the thousands of new aircraft from the factories to airfields around the United States -- including Alaska -- where the male pilots trained on those aircraft before taking them overseas.

This program is part of our Visible Veterans series, and made possible thanks to a grant through SELCO and the MN Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

You may also like the following events from La Crescent Public Library:

• This Saturday, 13th September, 10:00 am, La Crescent History & Apple Tasting in La Crescent
• This Saturday, 13th September, 10:30 am, Back-to-School Storytime with Gunther in La Crescent
• This Saturday, 13th September, 10:30 am, Story & Craft Time at the Library in La Crescent

Also check out other Arts events in La Crescent.