Perry Hometown Heritage has been focusing their summer programming on World War I, and next week they are offering a series specifically for teens and pre-teens.

Hometown Heritage Research Assistant Alissa Whitmore says there will be two separate programs, with the first running three days and the second for two days. She’s excited for both of them, but especially the first, as it deals with a passion of hers: comic books. “So we’ll be talking about what superheroes appear in World War I settings, (and) why on earth are they appearing in this setting. Because one of the interesting things is for actual kind of superhero comics, they came about during World War II, not World War I. So we have these artists and storytellers making the decision to essentially put these superheroes back in time.”

Whitmore adds, attendees will also get to make their own history-themed comic. The other program offered will focus on activism during the war, especially in regards to young people in Perry. Whitmore says the activity for those programs will be creating care packages to be sent to deployed soldiers around the world. The superhero programs will be held Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, while the activism programs will be Tuesday and Thursday. Each program runs from 2-4 p.m. at the Carnegie Library Museum. There is no cost to attend, but registration is required, as space is limited to 15 participants each day.

For more information, click the link below to listen to the Perry Fareway Let’s Talk Dallas County program with Whitmore. To register for the programs, call Whitmore at 515-465-7713 or email her at info@fcctrust.org.

https://raccoonvalleyradio.com/2018/07/lets-talk-dallas-county-722018-alissa-whitmore/