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Welcome to the Freeport Memorial Library blog. We hope to use this blog to offer in-depth information about library services that we do not have room to explore in our bi-monthly newsletter. We look forward to hearing from you.

Thursday, September 20, 2012

The Town of Hempstead is providing property tax forums at various libraries, including:
October 3, 2 p.m. - North Bellmore Library
October 9, 7 p.m. - Rockville Centre Library
October 10, 7 p.m. - Oceanside Library
October 11, 2 p.m. - Elmont Library
October 18, 7 p.m - Hempstead Library
October 22, 2 and 7 p.m. - Levittown Library
October 23, 2 p.m. - Island Park Library
October 24, 7 p.m. - Elmont Library
Go to www.TOH.li for additional dates.
 

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Readers' Advisory

Gettysburg Address Anniverary

November 19, 1863


On November 19, 1863, at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery at Gettysburg, President Abraham Lincoln gave his immortal Gettysburg Address.

Books on the Gettysburg Address

Saturday, September 8, 2012

Digitization Statistics

Long Island Memories Digitization Statistics

August 2012


Since 2004, the Freeport Memorial Library and the Freeport Historical Society have been scanning and making historical materials pertaining to Freeport available online through the Long Island Memories Digitization Project: http://www.longislandmemories.org/


Items available as of July 2012 for Freeport


4,402 Pictures/Pamphlets

7 Newspapers

50 Years - Village of Freeport Newsletters

8 Years- American Legion Post Minutes


.Hits for August 2012


21,320 - Freeport Leader

18,706 - Nassau Post

18,231 - Nassau County Review

11,472 - Photographs/Pamphlets

4,353 - South Side Messenger

4,123 - Daily Review of Nassau County

2,229 - Queens County Review

564 - Freeport News

181 - American Legion Post 342 Minutes


82,810 Hits for August 2012