This Week In History, Library Style! Sept 14: Lighthouse

red and white lighthouse near green trees under blue sky
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Libraries are places where we connect people to information that may be useful or interesting to them. Looking at some history, and connecting it to the materials we may have in our libraries, can be a good way to convince patrons to use and enjoy all the things we provide!

This week we are looking at September 14. Of course a lot of things have happened on this date – news and the big stories are the unusual things that are going on around us. One interesting thing that has happened today in 1716: The first lighthouse lit in the American colonies is lit in Boston Harbor.

Bring this event from history into your library! You can set up a variety of different programs, including: looking at navigation maps, building models of lighthouses, memorizing Morse Code, reading books about Massachusetts.

Here are a few books you might add to your collection or share with your patrons – or just enjoy yourself!