Shortly after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, the United States government uprooted 120,000 people of Japanese descent from their homes and banished them to 10 remote internment camps.

Friends Edgewater LibraryDecember 5, 2024Friends of the Edgewater Library | Edgewater Branch LibraryWW II, Japanese Americans, internment camps, Pearl Harbor, December 7 1941, President Jimmy Carter, reparation payments, Farewell to Manzanar, Desert Exile, Impounded, They Called Us Enemy, George Takei, Chicago Public Libraries, Edgewater Library, Edgewater Branch Library, Friends of the Edgewater LibraryComment

Books On The Chopping Block

These seemingly unrelated books have something in common: To Kill a Mockingbird, Beloved, 1984, and Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl. They’re all on the list of most banned and challenged books.

Joanna BroussardSeptember 24, 2024Friens of the Edgewatr Library | Edgewater Librarybanned books, Books on the Chopping Block, Banned Book Week, Chicago Public Libraries, Edgewater Library, Friends of the Edgewater Library, Freed Between The Lines, freedom of expression, American Library Association, Top Ten Banned Books, Chicago Public Library, censorship, freedom, Deborah Caldwell-Stone, ALA Office of Intellectual FreedomComment

Ready, Set, Action! The Year In Review

WOW! What a year we’ve had! Ideas without action are just words on paper. Thanks to you, 2023-2024 has been a year of activity.

Joanna BroussardMay 22, 2024Friends of the Edgewater LibraryFriends of the Edgewater Library, Year in Review, Bookmark programs, Board Games & Puzzle Exchange, The No Book Club, community engagement, Edgewater Stories, Board Activities, Edgewater Branch Library, Edgewater Library, Chris Brown, CPL Commissioner, CPL, Chicago Public LibrariesComment

Find The Library At Your Place

Each year National Library Week (April 19-25, 2020) is a time to celebrate the contributions of our nation's libraries and library workers and to promote library use and support.

Joanna BroussardMay 4, 2020National Library Week, Edgewater Library, Friends, Friends of the Edgewater Library, FOEL, CPL, Chicago Public Libraries, ebooks, e-audiobooks, virtual, tablets, smartphones, laptops, Kindle, e-readers, LIbby, ecardComment

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