Events on Tuesday, 26. July 2016
- 2016-07-26T11:00:00-04:00
- 2016-07-26T11:00:00-04:00
Preschool Story Hour
For children ages 1-5. Story Hour featuers exciting stories, songs, fingerplays and crafts for our littlest library users. It is a great way to foster early literacy skills, listening skills, an increased attention span, excitement about reading and a love of the library.
- 2016-07-26T19:00:00-04:00
- 2016-07-26T20:00:00-04:00
Liberetta Lerich Green - Underground Railroad in Michigan
Storyteller Lois Sprengnether Keel portrays Liberetta Lerich Green who actually grew up on a Michigan Underground Railroad Station. Her parents were Michigan pioneers coming here to support the growing abolition movement in this state. Her brothers were in the Michigan "Fighting Fifth" infantry. Using music, letters, and stories, she tells of the family's work with the Underground Railroad, the war which resulted from the election of Abraham Lincoln, and its aftermath upon her family.