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Anniversary of a heroic WWI Pigeon: Cher Ami, Savoir of the Lost Battalion.
UPDATE 2022: Pronouns in this post have been changed to reflect new research which proves that Cher Ami was a male pigeon. “The wartime records of the U.S. Army’s Signal Corps recorded Cher Ami as a hen, or “she.” For Continue reading Anniversary of a heroic WWI Pigeon: Cher Ami, Savoir of the Lost Battalion.
New and Old Dishonesty
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
History of the Bookmobile
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
Thermopylae
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