It’s hard to beat the setting of the historic Lakeport Carnegie Library in Lake County. The Park Street building is well over 100 years old and is set upon three acres in the heart of downtown near ...

On this day in history, April 24, 1800, President John Adams — the second president of the United States — approved the appropriation of $5,000 for the purchase of "such books as may be necessary for ...

The Athens Regional Library will host a special program on an upcoming PBS documentary, "The American Revolution," on Tuesday ...

The Wallette Branch of Shreve Memorial Library is hosting the HARK Horseshoes and History Festival on November 13, featuring ...

The opening episode of Carl Sagan’s TV series Cosmos, first shown in 1980, lamented the most famous burning of books in history—the conflagration that destroyed the Library of Alexandria. “If I could ...

Katrina Ringer of the Kansas Historical Society will discuss the history of Carnegie libraries and the legal ramifications of demolishing them. Loux says members of the public will have opportunities ...

Otis Library will host a program on the Berlin Wall at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 10. The event will explore the history of the Berlin ...