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Program: Time To Hit the Books – Yearbooks, Alumni Lists, and more<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Thursday, June 5, 2025 6:30PM - 7:30PM, Zoom<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Yearbooks, alumni lists, and other school related records can be rich in details about the people in your family tree. Discover the activities
and clubs that ancestors participated in during their school years. Learn to uncover details about both your family members and the communities they lived in. Explore the ways of finding these valuable resources both in-print and online.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Library of Michigan welcomed visitors on the evening of Thursday, May 22 for an opening event of the "Innocents in Peril" exhibit
in the library's Lake Erie Room. The exhibit showcases the powerful images of Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Taro Yamasaki paired with the evocative poetry of author/poet Anne-Marie Oomen. It explores themes of children living with the threats of poverty,
disease, natural disasters, and armed conflict.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#006EB6">Anne-Marie Oomen</span></a> that offered attendees insight into the circumstances of many of the exhibit's photos as well as the collaborative process that occurred to develop the project. Special thanks to the
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<span style="color:#006EB6">Library of Michigan Foundation</span></a> and <a href="https://links-2.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.lansingcamera.com%2F/1/0101019727e135b9-e94774b0-dfab-48f7-b73a-daebad687f0e-000000/jeYH_kDBZu0Ll5h5D3x6HcqHdvNYgLFIFTvl-PLET3Y=407" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#006EB6">The Camera Shop</span></a> of Lansing for their assistance with both the exhibit and opening event. Information about Library of Michigan exhibits is available online at
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<span style="color:#006EB6">Michigan.gov/LibraryExhibits</span></a>. "Innocents in Peril" will remain up throughout the summer months.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The
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<span style="color:#006EB6">2025 Michigan Notable Books Author Tour</span></a> enters its final month with 25 programs taking place throughout June. Authors from the 2025 Michigan Notable Books List will be at locations all across the state, engaging with readers
and sharing insights into their works. Look for programs near you by visiting the Michigan Notable Books site at
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<span style="color:#006EB6">Michigan.gov/NotableBooks</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Michigan Notable Books program is sponsored in part by the
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<span style="color:#006EB6">Michigan Humanities</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2025 Michigan Notable Books Author Tour events featuring Aaron Robertson, Brittany Rogers, and Bonnie Jo Campbell.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Michigan Yearbook Collection Project - Preserving the Stories of Military Veterans.<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">High school yearbooks serve as more than just keepsakes of teenage memories—they are powerful tools for honoring and preserving the stories
of community heroes, including veterans. There are examples of this amongst many communities across Michigan. Earlier this year, a collection of Holland Christian High School yearbooks was donated to the Library of Michigan' that Included the years that Paul
Lambers attended the school (1957-1960). A few years after graduating from high school, Lambers joined the Army and by 1968, was serving as a Sergeant in Company A, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. During a firefight on August
20, 1968, in Tây Ninh Province, Republic of Vietnam, Lambers took command after the platoon leader was wounded. For his conspicuous leadership during the battle, he was promoted to Staff Sergeant and awarded the
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