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COMMEMORATING THE 19TH AMENDMENT
Posted about 3 hours ago by kathryn Coker
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Adult, Biographies, Children's, Events, Families, Film, History and Preservation, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Law Library, Women's History
Please join the Law Library during the month of August as we commemorate the ratification and adoption to the US Constitution in 1920 of the 19th Amendment whereby women won […]
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Celebrate the Days – August
Posted about 3 days ago by Meg Raymond
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Book Reviews, Holidays, holidays; celebrations, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Reading Recommendations
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THERE ARE HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES ALMOST 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 […]
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Only the Lonely
Posted about 3 weeks ago by Meg Raymond
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Fiction, Film, Health and Wellness, Holidays, holidays; celebrations, Inform * Enrich * Empower, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations
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lonely definitions(from Merriam-Webster online) 1 – a: being without company: LONE // too many lonely nights at home. b: cut off from others: SOLITARY // the train stopped frequently at […]
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The Declaration of Independence: The Ideals
Posted about 1 month ago by kathryn Coker
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Adult, Black History Month, Events, History and Preservation, Holidays, holidays; celebrations, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Law Library
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What Does July 4th Mean? Some might say it is a holiday, a time for fireworks and grilling. Other people might reply “it’s when the Declaration of Independence was signed.” […]
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Celebrate the Days – July
Posted about 1 month ago by Meg Raymond
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There are holidays and observances 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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Commemorate Freedom: Juneteenth 2021
Posted about 2 months ago by kathryn Coker
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Black History Month, Book Reviews, Children's, Events, History and Preservation, Holidays, holidays; celebrations, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Law Library, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with Civil Rights, Civil War, Frederick Douglass, George Floyd, Jim Crow, Juneteenth, Major General Gordon Granger, President Abraham Lincoln, Reconstruction, Robert E. Lee
Virginia State Holiday As of October 2020, Juneteenth is a permanent statewide holiday in Virginia. Virginians, like others across America will celebrate in various ways ranging from parades, dancing, visiting historical sites, […]
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VIRGINIA PRISONER OF WAR CAMPS IN WORLD WAR II: “ENEMIES WITHIN & WITHOUT”
Posted about 2 months ago by kathryn Coker
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| Tagged with African American Soldiers, Civl Rights, Domestic Relations, German Soldiers, Italian Soldiers, Jim Crow, Labor Shortage, Lectures, Prisoners of War, Race Relations, The Press, World War II
Prisoners of War Arrive During World War II, the U.S. was “home” to over 425,000 prisoners of war (POWs). They were Japanese, German and Italians from the Axis countries captured […]
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Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Posted about 2 months ago by kathryn Coker
Federal Legislation After unsuccessful federal legislative attempts to approve a week during the first 10 days in May as Pacific/Asian American Heritage Week, Congress passed New York Representative Frank Horton‘s House […]
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X & Y Chromosomal Variation Awareness Month
Posted about 2 months ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones
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Adult, Families, Health and Wellness, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Law Library, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations, Teens
| Tagged with children, Chromosomes, Down syndrome, Genetic, health and wellness, law, Law Library, medical injustice, mental health, teens, undiagnosed, X and Y chromosomal variations
In 2012 the State Legislature passed HJ216 2012 which designated May as “X & Y Chromosomal Variation Awareness Month”. Genetic Disorders X & Y Chromosomal Variations are genetic disorders. […]
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COLONIAL FOUNDERS DAY: And Searching RPL’s New Catalog
Posted about 3 months ago by kathryn Coker
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In 2004, the Virginia General Assembly designated May 14th as Colonial Founders Day. So, I decided for this blog to give a short historical overview of Jamestown and then launch […]
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