Holidays
(category archive)
Celebrate the Days – May
Posted about 3 years ago by Meg Raymond
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Adult, crafts and hobbies, Gardening, Holidays, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Reading Recommendations
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There are holidays and observations every day of the month – so many reasons to celebrate. I’m not saying there should be cake every day, but I’m not saying there […]
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Earth Day 2021
Posted about 3 years ago by Lisa Crisman
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Book Reviews, environment, Events, Holidays, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with conservation, Earth Day, ecology, environment, global warming, Rachel Carson, Silent Spring
“In nature, nothing exists alone.”— Rachel Carson, 1962 Even if a big Earth Day celebration is not happening in RVA, there are events going on virtually. From National Geographic’s Earth […]
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Poetry Has Gone to the Dogs
Posted about 3 years ago by Meg Raymond
April is both National Poetry Month AND National Pet Month. What better way to celebrate than with poetry about dogs, for dogs, and by dogs. Check out the Academy of American Poets and The Poetry Foundation […]
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Celebrating National Poetry Month
Posted about 3 years ago by Alexandra Zukas
Hello, readers! Not only is this week National Library Week (and coincidentally, RPL’s reopening week), but it’s also currently National Poetry Month! I’ll admit that I haven’t always found poetry […]
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Celebrate the Days – April
Posted about 3 years ago by Meg Raymond
Sweet April showers do spring May flowers! Rain, rain, go away – come again another day. April is the kindest (or is it the cruelest?) month. Maybe we all need […]
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Celebrating the Year of the Ox
Posted about 3 years ago by Laura Price
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Adult, Asian American, Children's, Families, Holidays, Teens
| Tagged with books for adults, children's books, Lunar New Year, picture books, teens, Year of the Ox, young adult
It's the Year of the Ox! Celebrate the Lunar New Year with a new book!
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NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH: PART 1
Posted about 3 years ago by kathryn Coker
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Events, History and Preservation, Holidays, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Law Library
| Tagged with Law Library, Native American Heritage Month, Native Americans
National American Indian Heritage Month Designation In 1990 President George H. W. Bush approved a joint resolution authorizing November 1990 as National American Indian Heritage Month. Comparable proclamations, under various […]
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Celebrate the 19th Amendment
Posted about 4 years ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones
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Adult, Elections, Events, History and Preservation, Holidays, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Law Library, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations, Women's History
| Tagged with 19th Amendment, African American Women's Suffrage, elections, Law Library, States Rights, Suffrage, U.S. Constitution, VCU Common Book, Voter Suppression, Voting Rights Act of 1965, Women's Rights
Speaking of Constitution Day Constitution Day is September 17th. Join the Richmond Public Library (RPL) and Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Libraries in celebrating the 19th Amendment this Constitution Day. The […]
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The Declaration of Independence Today
Posted about 4 years ago by kathryn Coker
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Black History Month, History and Preservation, Holidays, holidays; celebrations, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Law Library
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On July 4, 1776, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence. However, the legal separation from England actually happened on July 2, 1776, when the delegates […]
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What Is Juneteenth?
Posted about 4 years ago by kathryn Coker
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Events, History and Preservation, Holidays, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Law Library
| Tagged with Emancipation Proclamation, Freedom Day, Holiday, Independence Day, Juneteenth
News of Slavery’s End Juneteenth, celebrated annually on June 19, is the oldest national celebration of slavery’s end in the United States. On June 19, 1865 Union Major General Gordon Granger […]
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