The Grand Island Public Library will host a program Saturday, November 10th.  This program will be looking back on the history of the Cornhusker Army Ammunition Plant.

Hall County historian Howard Uhrich and his daughter, Tiffany O’Neill, will present a slide show about the ammunition plant during the World War II years. With over 4,000 employees at one time during that war, the Cornhusker Army Ammunition Plant was a small town in and of itself with a cafe, boarding and many other structures.

The program is free and open to the public, and will be held from 12:30 to 2 p.m. in meeting rooms A, B and C at the library.

Uhrich’s parents met at the plant when it was operational during World War II. His mother worked at the plant again when it produced bombs for the Vietnam War. Uhrich himself worked there in the late 1960s and early ’70s before the plant closed its doors.

Uhrich and O’Neill will present historical slides and photographs from World War II, the Korean and Vietnam War eras. Other memorabilia will be on display.

The ordinance plant — as well as the local Army air base and German POW camps — allowed Grand Island to make a significant contribution to America’s war effort.

For more information on the program, call the library at (308) 385-5333 and ask for Kathleen Nonneman.