This Duck and Cover exhibit a the North
Dakota Statue University, as described below in their student newspaper (The
Spectrum: For the Land and It’s People) has wisdom.The Spectrum FOR
THE LAND AND ITS PEOPLE
Duck and Cover
Rosario
Perezguerra January 17, 2019
NDSU’s library is
revisiting a rocky historical period with its new Brittany Hofmann
THE SPECTRUM
If a nuke was launched, ducking and covering is still the suggested thing to
do.
The North
Dakota State Library is taking us back in history to a time of fear, crisis and
a desperate need for civil defense. After six months of
planning by Susanne Caro, Jeremy Kopp, John Hallberg and Lindsay
Condry, the “Duck and Cover” exhibit is up and ready for students to
come and take a closer look at the procedures and artifacts from the Cold
War.
From archives
to artifacts, the “Duck and Cover” exhibit features carefully researched pieces
of history from right here in North Dakota. With the video game series
“Fallout” by Bethesda coming out with another post-apocalyptic game, Susanne
Caro, the government information librarian, hopes that that will encourage
students to delve into the Cold War.
Caro said the
most interesting component of this exhibit to her is the psychological
component. “There was such a large effort to survive,” Caro said. “They had
children hiding under desks, and really what was that going to do? Even in a
time that seemed like we were doomed, there was so much positivity. The
government was assuring that even if something happened, we would all be okay.”
Caro said she
believes it is important for students to care about history, especially when it
is pretty recent. “It is helpful to come see what has happened in the past,”
she said. “We still have many concerns today with North Korea and nuclear
threat. Many seem to have forgotten.”
After students
come to see this exhibit Caro said she hopes they take away how to be prepared
in case of emergency. “There might not be a large concern of being bombed, but
other disasters are important to prepare for with having enough food and
water.”
As Caro said,
there is a benefit to looking into our history. She said history majors,
political science majors and architecture majors would especially
benefit from seeing this exhibit. With the importance of building the
structures to keep people safe, looking into government planning and
understanding the overall picture, these majors could really benefit from
taking a look into the exhibit and discovering more about the past that shapes
their future.
Caro also added
that because this is recent history you can still stumble across information
and artifacts from it. She said she is still researching more information due
to her interest in the topic. Caro even recently discovered that St. Luke’s
hospital here in North Dakota won an award for their fallout shelter.
Are you
prepared? Do you want to learn more about the Cold War, including its impact in
North Dakota? Head over to the NDSU Library and take a look.
For background, see the Wold War Museum and the Titan Missile Museum websites.
My note: With the the Minot Air Force Base located in North Dakota, residents there had greater reason to take Civil Defense seriously....then and now.
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1/17/2019
Duck and Cover NDSU
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