Ripley presenting WWII video program at Frontier Times Museum

A video presentation exploring the liberation of a small French village during World War II will be presented March 19 at the Lakehills Community Center.

Karen Downing Ripley will present You Were There, Karen Beth, a video program based on her podcast that recounts her visit to Plélo, a village in the Brittany region of France that was liberated by American troops during World War II. Ripley’s father, Delbert Franklin Downing, was among the soldiers who helped free the village from Nazi occupation.

Ripley said her visit to Brittany revealed the lasting gratitude residents still express toward the American soldiers who helped liberate their community.