Last week I meet with the president and editor-in-chief of American Heritage Magazine, Edwin S. Grosvenor. This venerable old publication was created by the American Association for State and Local History in 1949 and its long time editor was the award winning historian, Bruce Catton. When it was launched it sought to apply the methods…
Category: Community Service
Rising Sun’s 150th Anniversary Celebration
Congratulations to the Town of Rising Sun. The municipality officially kicked off its Sequicentennail Celebration today with a ribbon cutting at the town hall and an open house in the museum. As brilliant April sunshine warmed the crowd, it was great to see the sense of history that exists in an old Maryland municipality as…
Wrapping Up Service on the Cecil Co. Library Board: A Rewarding Experience
I just finished serving a ten-year term as a trustee for the Cecil County Public Library (CCPL) in March. I started in January 2000 and in the decade that followed served as vice-president and president. It has been gratifying to see CCPL grow to meet the demands of citizens in the 21st century with critical…
Celebrating a Community of Readers
The library system in Cecil County recently celebrated an important achievement. For the first time, the system circulated 1-million items. That is 10 items checked out for every single citizen in the county. To observe this major milestone, every library branch in the county celebrated with a range of special programs. One aspect involved Cecil…