Queens Library's Blog

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A History of Earth Day and Environmental Awareness	Each April, we celebrate Earth Day, a time to raise awareness of the various environmental challenges we face if we want to sustain our way of life. But where did Earth Day get its start? Earth...	0	23-04-2013	04-19-2013	No	jwalsh	Read More..	Login to comment	History	Library	children, children’s activities, crafts, documentaries, earth day, Earth Week Film Festival, environment, global warming, John Muir, naturalist, nature, pollution	Jeremy Walsh	0	Blog entry
Celebrate Women's History with Us	“How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!” –Maya Angelou This Women's History Month, we're offering plenty of opportunities to...	0	27-02-2013	02-27-2013	No	MKearl	Read More..	Login to comment	Events	Library	events, history, women	Mary Kearl	0	Blog entry
Happy Birthday to Pluto, the Planet That Wasn't	February 18 marks the “birthday” of Pluto, a celestial body that has given astronomers great difficulty over the past 83 years. A nameless mystery planet emerged as a theory in...	0	12-02-2013	02-12-2013	No	jwalsh	Read More..	Login to comment	General	Library	Astronomy, astrophysics, dwarf planet, Earth, Eris, gravity, history, Mickey Mouse, NASA, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, orbits, planets, Pluto, solar system, space, space exploration, United States, Uranus	Jeremy Walsh	0	Blog entry
Black History: All Aboard to Yaphank, the Great War, and Obscurity	They stand looking at the camera, their faces neutral, their armbands reading “LIRR Jamaica.” These five men from Queens are draftees, waiting at the Jamaica Long Island Rail Road...	4	08-02-2013	02-08-2013	No	jwalsh	Read More..	Login to comment	History	Library	Black History Month, Buffalo Soldiers, infuenza, Jamaica, LIRR, Long Island Rail Road, racism, World War I, WWI, Yaphank	Jeremy Walsh	80	Blog entry
Happy 100th Birthday, Grand Central Terminal!	Grand Central Terminal will be celebrating its centennial all year long, and though the train station is located in Manhattan, there's a reason Queens buffs can share in the pride and...	0	07-02-2013	02-07-2013	No	MKearl	Read More..	Login to comment	History	Library	archives, Grand Central, Grand Central Terminal, history, Long Island City, mythology, photographs, Queens, sculptures, trains	Mary Kearl	0	Blog entry