In the early 1940s, all across the country, America was swinging dancing to the music of Glenn Miller. Starlets like Ginger Rogers and Mary Martin, were lighting up the silver screen. “Esquire” magazine featured Petty girls. Gasoline was about 20 cents a gallon, bread about eight cents a loaf, and a movie cost a quarter. And there was a war going on. How this impacted residents of Montgomery County will be examined in a free online presentation of Montgomery History starting Monday, Aug. 5, and available for a one-week period.
“On the Homefront in Montgomery County During WW II,” part of the County Cable Montgomery series “Paths to the Present,” addresses the myriad of ways life in Montgomery County was affected by the war in a myriad of ways. Through interviews with people who were there, it looks at how County residents supported the war effort, dealt with food shortages, entertained troops, protected civilians and managed the labor shortage during this challenging time in world history.
To view the presentation starting Aug. 5, go to History Conversations (montgomeryhistory.org).
