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Mary Todd Lincoln: First Lady

7:00pm–8:00pm
Adults
Oswego Campus
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Oswego Campus
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: History
Registration Required
Event Details:

This presentation focuses on the life and losses of Mrs. Lincoln and is set on 14 April 1865, as she prepares for an evening at the theatre with her husband and friends.

This event is in the "Adults" group

Love Stories from History

7:00pm–8:00pm
Adults
Oswego Campus
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Oswego Campus
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: History
Registration Required
Event Details:

The course of historical love never did run smooth, fascinating and funny tales from history.

This event is in the "Adults" group

Evanston's Living History: A Civil Rights Program

7:00pm–8:00pm
Adults
Oswego Campus
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Oswego Campus
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: History
Registration Required
Event Details:

It is the story of a community’s struggle for justice; with roots extending to the town of Abbeville, South Carolina and the horrific lynching of one of its prominent citizens, Anthony Crawford.

This event is in the "Adults" group

Orson Welles: War of the Worlds

7:00pm–8:00pm
Adults
Oswego Campus
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Oswego Campus
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: History
Registration Required
Event Details:

A Look Behind Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds Broadcast

Easter

All Day
Some Branches
Closing
Branches:
Oswego Campus, Montgomery Campus
Description:

The Oswego and Montgomery Campus are closed for Easter.

This event is in the "Adults" group

Louisa May Alcott and Civil War Nursing

7:00pm–8:00pm
Adults
Oswego Campus
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Oswego Campus
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: History
Registration Required
Event Details:

Author of the classic children's story, "Little Women", and many others; Louisa May Alcott also served as one of 5000 women who worked in the Union Army hospitals during the Civil War.

This event is in the "Adults" group

The Fly Girls of World War II

7:00pm–8:00pm
Adults
Oswego Campus
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Oswego Campus
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: History
Registration Required
Event Details:

The Fly Girls of World War II.

This event is in the "Adults" group

Meet Thomas Jefferson: An 18th Century Radical

7:00pm–8:00pm
Adults
Oswego Campus
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Oswego Campus
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: History
Registration Required
Event Details:

A Visit with President Thomas Jefferson: An 18th Century Radical. Phil Lauricella portrays the famous author of the Declaration of Independence and the Third President of the United States.

Fourth of July

All Day
Some Branches
Closing
Branches:
Oswego Campus, Montgomery Campus
Description:

The Oswego and Montgomery Campus are closed for the Fourth of July.


 

 

This event is in the "Youth" group
This event is in the "Elementary Age" group

US History Trivia

7:00pm–8:00pm
Youth, Elementary Age
Montgomery Campus
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Montgomery Campus
Room: Youth Program Room
Age Group: Youth, Elementary Age
Program Type: History
Registration Required
Event Details:

Show off your knowledge of US history and win some patriotic prizes!

This event is in the "Everyone" group

America's 250th Celebration

9:00am–5:00pm
Everyone
Montgomery Campus
Library Branch: Montgomery Campus
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Games & Activities, Education, History, Performance
Event Details:

Celebrate America’s 250th anniversary, or semiquincentennial, with historical demonstrations, crafts, and activities for all ages!

9-1 Looming by

10-2 Canon Demonstrations by

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Photos and videos may be recorded at library events. By attending you may be included in these photos and videos. Your attendance at this event grants your permission to be in these photos or videos which may be used for archival or library promotional purposes. Please inform the event facilitator if you have any objection with you or your child being photographed or recorded.

Library Closed

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The Montgomery and Oswego Campus are closed for staff training.

Labor Day

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The Oswego and Montgomery Campus are closed for Labor Day.


 

 

Closed Early - Thanksgiving Eve

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the Oswego and Montgomery Campus are closing early for Thanksgiving Eve.

Thanksgiving

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The Oswego and Montgomery Campus are closed for Thanksgiving.


 

 

Christmas Eve

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The Oswego and Montgomery Campus are closed for Christmas Eve.


 

 

Christmas

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The Oswego and Montgomery Campus are closed for Christmas.


 

 

Closed Early - New Year's Eve

5:00pm–9:00pm
Some Branches
Closing
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Description:

The Oswego and Montgomery Campus are closing early for New Year's Eve.


 

 

New Year's Day

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Closing
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The Oswego and Montgomery Campus are closed for New Year's Day.