Thursday, January 14, 2016

First Friday Event on February 5 at 7pm The Bataan Death March


 
200th Coast Artillerymen on the gun, Bataan, Dec. 1941
Original Death March, April 1942


The Bataan Death March - it was one of the many chapters of WWII and particularly remembered in New Mexico,
 because, as many  New Mexicans know, 
the 200th Coast Artillery - 
the New Mexico National Guard - 
had been posted to Bataan, to bolster the force of many 
other American and Filipino units there. 

New Mexico remembers in a unique way -
 the annual Bataan Memorial Death March.  
Memorial Marchers in 2012
It's a formal marathon of 26.2 miles, that occurs at 
and hosted by White Sands Missile Range on 
March 20th, 2016.   
More info at: http://bataanmarch.com/
Filipino Scout and 200th Coast Artilleryman 2015 (Bilbo)
 Lincoln County resident, Mike Bilbo, has attended
 each year since 2008 and will give a powerpoint 
presentation covering the original Bataan March,
 the Memorial March, and his own way of 
memorializing the 200th Coast Artillery, 
through living history by wearing the uniforms 
of the 200th Coast Artillery.
Refreshments served after presentation.

Don't forget - first Saturday of the month, Feb 6, $5 for a bag of books!


For more information call Capitan Public Library at 575-354-3035
 The library is located at 101 E. 2nd Street, Capitan, NM. 
(Apologies to attendees at the library volunteer meeting on Jan 13, where you were told the first Friday event would be something different -- Sharon)



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