Washington Public Library Chosen for Founding Era Public Programming Grant

We are pleased to announce that Washington Public Library has been awarded a Revisiting the Founding Era Grant to implement public programming and community conversations that explore America's founding and its enduring themes.

As part of the grant, Washington Public Library will receive 10 copies of a reader containing scholarly essays on selected historical documents from the lauded Gilder Lehrman Collection, $1,000 to help implement programs, and additional digital resources, training, and support from the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and the American Library Association.

These resources will allow Washington Public Library to launch a program series on the Founding Era. This includes a town hall meeting moderated by a librarian and featuring a panel of local dignitaries, and a teen event featuring a rousing debate and pizza.

Revisiting the Founding Era is a three-year national initiative of The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, presented in partnership with the American Library Association and the National Constitution Center, with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The grant provides 100 public libraries across the country the opportunity to use historical documents to spark public conversations about the Founding Era's enduring ideas and themes and how they continue to influence our lives today.

For more information about Revisiting the Founding Era and participating libraries, visit www.foundingera.org.

New Materials

Gifts & Memorials

The Brave Cowboy by Edward Abbey given in honor of Elroy Hervey by Maxine Hervey

The Reverend Mr. J. C. by Dave Stoufer given by the author

Adult Fiction

With This Pledge by Tamera Alexander

The Iberia Blues by James Lee Burke

Untouchable by Jayne Ann Krentz

Agent 6 by Tom Rob Smith

Turning Point by Danielle Steel

Young Adult Fiction

Queens of Fennbrin by Kendare Blake

Need by Joelle Charbonneau

Hamilton & Peggy! by L.M. Elliott

Illuminae by Amie Kaufman

Germina by Amie Kaufman

Valkyrie by Kate O'Hearn

A Map of Days by Ransom Riggs