Thu
Oct 27 2011
04:23 pm
By: eellis
If you love your public library, please take a few minutes to watch a documentary about its history. Made by Doug Mills of the Heartland Series, and narrated by Bill Landry, it is a wonderful telling of our story. Many thanks to Bradley Reeves for uncovering some wonderful vintage footage from the WBIR News Archives and TAMIS. It covers a lot in only 10 minutes.
Go here: (link...) and scroll down to the bottom. Enjoy!
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