Patrons enjoyed a special Brown Bag Lunch program at the Stromsburg Public Library this Tuesday. Charlotte Endorf presented her program, “Nebraska Spirit: The North Platte Canteen” featuring the story of the North Platte Canteen and personal stories from people who worked at the Canteen and servicemen and women who enjoyed their stops at the Canteen.
The North Platte Canteen is a little known piece of Nebraska history that shows the true spirit of Nebraskans. The “One Book, One Nebraska” selection for 2014 is Bob Greene’s book, “Once Upon a Town” which features the story of the North Platte Canteen. The book is the result of the author’s search for “the best America there ever was,” and may be checked out at the Stromsburg Public Library.
