Arsenal of Democracy: The War Effort on the Home Front (Framingham Reads Together)
Presented by Jim Carroll. On December 29, 1940 President Roosevelt addresses the nation with one of his famous fireside chats, "Great Arsenal of Democracy". Almost a year later Pearl Harbor is attacked, and the United States enters World War 2. President Roosevelt called upon our industry to prepare for defense of the nation. When the US declared war on Japan and Germany by February 1942 America's industry had switched to war production virtually overnight.
Jim Carroll is a Learning and Development professional at Comcast NBCUniversal with over 26 years of experience training adult learners. He is also the American Heritage Museum’s Education Coordinator, ramping up and developing their educational programs for visitors of all ages for the past two years. He graduated from Fitchburg State College with a B.A. Ed. in History Education. He started as a high school History teacher before moving on to the National Park Service. He served at both Lowell NHP and Minuteman NHP developing educational programs and museum workshops at the Tsongas Industrial History Center in Lowell, MA. His community contributions have included serving as a member of the Lowell Historical Society and until recently the Sterling Historical Commission Board Member.