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Tag Archives: history

Elmira’s Inundation 1889 Digital Book

Posted on November 1, 2019 by Maggie Young
Posted in Genealogy / Local History, Reference, Steele | Tagged 1889, ElmiraFlood, Flood, history

Anniversary of a heroic WWI Pigeon: Cher Ami, Savoir of the Lost Battalion.

Posted on June 13, 2015 by ccld

On this date in 1919, Cher Ami, a carrier pigeon and recipient of the Croix de Guerre Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster for Heroic Service in World War I, passed away in Fort Monmouth, NJ as a result of wounds Continue reading Anniversary of a heroic WWI Pigeon: Cher Ami, Savoir of the Lost Battalion.→

Posted in Genealogy / Local History, Uncategorized | Tagged history

New and Old Dishonesty

Posted on May 20, 2013 by ccld

Here at the Horseheads library, I shared a brief but intense dialogue with a patron about corruption in government. It seems as if it is only getting worse. She stated the stories are repetitive; new times, but same hijinks.  I Continue reading New and Old Dishonesty→

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged government, history

History of the Bookmobile

Posted on October 8, 2012 by ccld

Have you ever wondered where the Bookmobile originated? Bookmobiles have dated back as early as the late 1850s. It was a horse-drawn collection of books in the town of Cumbria, England that started its rounds to the community. In 1905, Continue reading History of the Bookmobile→

Posted in Bookmobile, Uncategorized | Tagged Bookmobile, history

Thermopylae

Posted on September 7, 2012 by ccld

At Thermopylae in the late summer of 480 the Spartan king Leonidas held out for three days with a mere 300 hoplites against thousands upon thousands of the best of the Persian Empire of Xerxes I during the second Persian Continue reading Thermopylae→

Posted in Director's Comments, Recommendations, Reference, Steele, Uncategorized | Tagged Greece, history, hoplite, Sparta, Thermopylae, war

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