Grandparents ROCK! We're celebrating Grandparents’ Day at the library on Tuesday, September 14, from 4-5pm. Bring your Grandma or Grandpa with you for cookies and punch. Hear a story and make something special for them to take home. WE LOVE Grandmas and Grandpas! Ages 4 and up are welcome, but please tell us you're coming by registering on the online calendar, at the library, or give us a call at 362-5234 ext 224 (Children's Room.) Have your grandparents save the date, now!
Singing ROCKS! Please join us at the library for a joyful program for children ages 2-6 which includes singing, creative movement, a few Spanish words and lots of smiles! Miss Laura and Miss Gloria from Hazel Drive Early Childhood Center, Hampstead, will entertain the children with guitar, puppets, and props. Bring your smiling faces and singing voices to the library on Thursday, September 16th, from 10:30 to 11:30am and join the glee. Registration is not required.
History ROCKS! The Atkinson Historical Society will sponsor a talk and slide show on the history of the Underground Railroad on Thursday, September 16, at 7:00 pm at the Kimball Library in Atkinson. The presentation will be given by Eleanor Strang, retired director of the Kelley Library in Salem.
The Underground Railroad was the secret network in the years before the Civil War which assisted fugitive slaves to escape to freedom. Ms. Strang’s presentation will focus on the history of this network on a national level and then on the abolitionist movement and Underground Railroad activities in New England, particularly New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Some of the Massachusetts figures are quite well known, but many of those from New Hampshire are not. “One of the things I most enjoy about doing this presentation is the opportunity to raise people’s awareness of the lesser known heroes who played a significant role in this important movement,” said Ms. Strang.
The presentation is free and open to the public.
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