On Aug. 30, from 3 to 6 p.m., a travelling museum, coined the Bus-eum, will be parked outside Southeast Regional Library. The Bus-eum is a 40-foot school bus converted into a mobile museum, which travels the country telling stories of Americans in World War II. The current exhibit is titled “Held on the Homefront: German POWs in the US, 1943-1946” and features 15 narrative displays showing photographs, documents, audio and video documentaries, artifacts and more. During the Second World War, close to 380,000 German POWs were held in the more than 600 base and branch prisoner of war camps located in almost all of the then 48 states, and the territory of Alaska. This exhibit will appeal to people of all ages from children to college students to senior citizens.

In addition, there will be a separate exhibit inside the library’s program room, titled “North Carolina during World War II.” This exhibit will include displays, artifacts from the war, and two uniformed WWII reenactors on site to talk about the role of North Carolina during World War II, as well as general discussion of the war. The exhibit will be going on from 3:30 to 6 p.m., so after visiting the Bus-eum, everyone is welcome to stop by, check out the displays and talk with the reenactors.