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It's that time of the year again - for football, cooler weather, and
beautiful autumn leaves. It's fall in Indiana! Indiana's Department of Tourism's website has many resources to help you enjoy this season.
Hoosiers can pick a variety of Fall Excursions, from the beautiful,
historic Brown County to venturing Tombstone Trails in Kendallville.
There are a wide variety of activities for varying budgets and family
sizes. Summer's over, but you can still visit farmers markets, u-picks, and orchards around the state. If you need suggestions, check out
Indiana's Fall Favorites. Find out who has the best Indiana pie, where
to go for the best fall foliage, and top fall outdoor activities this
year. Finally, if you can't get away to experience the beauty of an
Indiana fall, check out the fall color blog and experience fall from
your desktop.
New Arrivals Update
Be sure to check out our Pinterest page. We have all our new stuff listed. You will be able to get a sneak peek at the latest books with reviews, summaries, and more!
Columbus Day
Columbus Day is celebrated in October to commemorate
Christopher Columbus's landing in the New World (at San Salvador Island in the
Bahamas) on October 12. The October 12 page of American Memory’s Today in
History website provides historical references to Columbus Day and its
meaning: During the morning of October
12, 1492, a sailor on board the Pinta saw land. The following day, 90
crewmembers of Columbus’s fleet surveyed what was an island in the Bahamas and
named it San Salvador (now Watling Island, then called Guanahani by native
Bahamians). This ended a voyage that began nearly ten weeks earlier in Palos,
Spain.
The first recorded celebration of Columbus Day in the United
States took place on October 12, 1792.
The day was organized by the Society of St. Tammany, also known as the
Columbian Order. It commemorated the 300th anniversary of the landing of
Columbus and his crew. The 400th anniversary of the event inspired the first
official Columbus Day holiday in the United States. President Benjamin Harrison
issued a proclamation in 1892, “recommending to the people the observance in
all their localities of the 400th anniversary of the discovery of America” and
describing Columbus as “the pioneer of progress and enlightenment.”
In the decades that followed, the Knights of Columbus, an
international Roman Catholic fraternal benefit society, lobbied state
legislatures to declare October 12 a legal holiday. Colorado was the first
state to do so on April 1, 1907. New York declared Columbus Day a holiday in
1909 and on October 12, 1909, New York Governor Charles Evans Hughes led a
parade that included the crews of two Italian ships, several Italian-American
societies, and legions of the Knights of Columbus.
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt designated Columbus Day
(then celebrated October 12) a national holiday in 1934. Since 1971, when
Columbus Day was designated the second Monday in October, the day has been
celebrated as a federal holiday. In many locations across the country Americans
hold parades to commemorate the day. You can find additional resources using
the answers.USA.gov webpage about Columbus Day.
New to the Shelves - Pinterest
We have decided to give our patrons a little more information on our new books each week. Please visit our Pinterest site and you will be able to find our most recent arrivals listed. You will see the front covers of all our items with the option to read a summary and read reviews from goodreads.com. There is also an Evergreen catalog link you can use to place the item on hold if you like! Follow the link below . . .
http://pinterest.com/vbpl/
http://pinterest.com/vbpl/
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