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Cincinnati's public library was among the first to try providing service to patrons on Sunday. Starting in March 1871, the reading rooms at the main library were open from 8am to 10pm. Sunday library service was so popular that, according to library director William F. Poole, "often during the afternoon and evenings every seat has been occupied ...
Not all are open to the public. Some of those open to the public will have living history guides. Battery Gunnison, a US Army Coast Artillery Battery at Fort Hancock, New Jersey, is being restored to its 1943 configuration by the Army Ground Forces Association, a non-profit living history organization, and is open for tours throughout the year ...
Big Sandy Heritage Center is a local museum about history and culture in Pikeville, Kentucky. A local museum or local history museum is a type of museum that shows the historical development of a place/region (local history) using exhibits. These museums usually maintain a collection of historic three-dimensional objects which are exhibited in ...
Amos Nourse (1794–1877), United States Senator from Maine Karen O'Connor (born 1958), is an American equestrian who competes in three-day eventing Philip J. Philbin (1898–1972), member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district from 1943 to 1971
History: information, local history, open seasonally Savin Rock Museum: West Haven: New Haven: History: website, local history Sawmill Park Mill Museum: Ledyard: New London: Historic site: Reconstructed 19th-century water-powered up and down sawmill, owned by the town and administered by the Ledyard Historic District Commission Scantic Academy ...
Old Cowtown Museum is an accredited history museum located in Wichita, Kansas, United States.It is located next to the Arkansas River in central Wichita. [1] [2] The Museum was established in 1952, and is one of the oldest open-air history museums in central United States with 54 historic and re-created buildings, including a period farm and out-buildings, situated on 23 acres of land off the ...
Washington Township Museum of Local History is a historical museum located in Fremont, California. The two historical organizations, the Mission Peak Heritage Foundation (MPHF) and Washington Township Historical Society (WTHS), formed the Museum of Local History Guild to focus on education, archival research and preservation of the historical ...
It was then called Naramake, after a great chieftain, and Norwalk is a name derived from the same root-word, instead of being a punning contraction of Northwalk, which is a general impression. The late William S. Bouton, a local antiquarian, distinctly traced the site of this village twenty years ago, near the present residence of Mr. Burchard.