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The library supports the educational and leisure needs of citizens with a system of area libraries, a bookmobile, a virtual library, the Wahab Public Law Library, the Municipal Reference Library, and the Library and Resource Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired (DBVI). The collection contains more than 1 million print and non-print items.
Lynchburg's first public library, the Jones Memorial Library, opened in 1907. [19] World War I Memorial in downtown Lynchburg. During World War I, the city's factories supported the war effort, and the area also supplied troops. The city powered through the Roaring Twenties and survived the Great Depression. Its first radio station, WLVA, began ...
Virginia Beach, officially the City of Virginia Beach, is the most populous city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. The population was 459,470 at the 2020 census . [ 2 ] Located on the southeastern coast of Virginia, it is the fifth-most populous city in the Mid-Atlantic and the 43rd-most populous city in the U.S .
The Old Cape Henry Light, completed in 1792, was the first federal construction project under the United States Constitution. The history of Virginia Beach, Virginia, goes back to the Native Americans who lived in the area for thousands of years before the English colonists landed at Cape Henry in April 1607 and established their first permanent settlement at Jamestown a few weeks later.
VIRGINIA BEACH — If you go the Princess Anne Library on Nimmo Parkway this summer, you’ll likely notice something unusual next to the circulation desk. A row of 7-foot-tall surfboards stand ...
The Library of Virginia in Richmond, Virginia, is the library agency of the Commonwealth of Virginia. It serves as the archival agency and the reference library for Virginia's seat of government. The Library moved into a new building in 1997 and is located at 800 East Broad Street, two blocks from the Virginia State Capitol building.
In 1870 the public education system in Spotsylvania County was established with segregated one-room schools. These schools were gradually abandoned for larger buildings combining both elementary and high schools. The former Spotsylvania High School was a state-of-the-art building when constructed in 1939 for $158,000. During the twentieth ...
Aug. 2—By Rachel Campbell. The Austin Public Library's summer reading program is designed to infuse joy into learning and prevent the summer slide for kids and it offers a unique blend of free ...