North Side Construction - Detour Route

Ongoing construction on Euclid Avenue may limit the ability to access the North Side Library parking lot from the north. If you're visiting the North Side Library, you may reach the parking lot from the south by traveling on Ovid Ave. and then turning north onto 5th Ave. Please see the North Side Library page for a diagram.

Dollar-a-Day Boys: A Musical Tribute to the Civilian Conservation Corps

Program Type:

Performances

Age Group:

Teens, Adults
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Event Details

Michigan-based singer/storyteller Bill Jamerson will provide a history of the Civilian Conservation Corps, one of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal initiatives. Operating between 1933 and 1942, in Iowa alone, the CCC employed over 49,000 men between the ages of seventeen and twenty-five, who served in army-run camps with an average of twenty-nine camps operating in the state each year.