National Haiku Poetry Day

April 17th is National Haiku Poetry Day The traditional form for Haiku is as follows: a 3-line poem with 5, 7, and 5 syllables per line. An old silent pond; A frog jumps into the pond. Splash! Silence again. -Basho Haiku Foundation Haiku Generator Haiku Syllable Counter History & Artistry of Haiku

(click to enlarge) Matsuo Basho Greatest Master of Haiku

National Library Week, April 4th-10th

In honor of National Library Week,
Coastal Alabama Libraries will forgive
all fines for overdue books or videos
returned during the month of April.

April is National Poetry Month

display by DeeDee Baggett (click to enlarge)

Academy of American Poets Bartleby Great Books Online Modern American Poetry National Poetry Month Poem Generator Poetry Center Poetry Daily Poetry Foundation Poetry Society Poetry Society of America Rhyme Zone Sonnet Project

The Purple Butterfly

 

When visiting a hospital maternity or neonatal ward, if you see a
purple butterfly on a baby's crib, it represents a baby that was part 
of a multiple pregnancy from which not all of the babies survived. 

For more information, please visit the Skye High Foundation.

Spring into Reading!

Book Nook display
by DeeDee Baggett

 

March 20th is World Storytelling Day!

Kathryn Tucker Windham
Alabama's Favorite Storyteller

Art of Storytelling Kathryn Tucker Windham Kathryn Tucker Windham (ADAH) Kathryn Tucker Windham Audio Clips Kathryn Tucker Windham - In Memory Kathryn Tucker Windham Museum National Storytelling Network Southern Order of Storytellers Story Corps TED Talks on Storytelling Tell-A-Tale View from the Porch: Southwest Alabama World Storytelling Cafe Special thanks to Patsy Bennett and Deborah Robinson at the Kathryn Tucker Windham Museum & Library for their valuable suggestions and assistance!

Brewton Campus Blood Drive

Donate Blood and get a 

Tie-Dye T-shirt & a $10 eGift Card!

Brewton Campus on the Big Red Bus

March 18 - 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM

To schedule an appointment: 

https://donor.oneblood.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/1060946.

Women's History Month

Convention on Women's Rights Female Nobel Laureates Gifts of Speech International Women's Day  National Women’s Hall of Fame Women in Science Women Working Women’s History Women's History Month Women's History Sourcebook

(click to enlarge) One Woman: a song honoring Women

March is National Reading Month

Read an E-Book Week (1st-7th)

Read Across America Day (2nd)

World Storytelling Day (20th)

World Folktales & Fables Week (21st-27th)

Towns of Coastal Alabama

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Gilbertown Blood Drive

 Wednesday, April 7th

9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on the Bloodmobile

at Calvary Baptist Church
(113 Pickens Ave, Butler, AL)

To schedule your appointment visit:

www.bloodhero.com
(Sponsor Code: CoastalAlabama)

Happy Valentine's Day!

Book Nook in Leigh Library
designed by DeeDee Baggett

 

Black History Links

African American Life & History African American Literature Book Club African Americans at War Black Facts Online Black History Biographies Black History Pages Black History Poems Black Past Guide to Black History History Makers Museum of the African Diaspora National Museum of African American History & Culture Quilts of Gee's Bend

Quilters of Gee's Bend

Black History Month

Leigh Library displays by DeeDee Baggett

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February is Black History Month

Lincoln Normal School  established in 1867 in Perry County :   moved to Montgomery in 1887 :  renamed Alabama State University in 1969.

Alabama's  Historically Black Colleges & Universities Alabama A&M University Alabama State University Concordia College (closed) Miles College Oakwood University Selma University Stillman College Talladega College Tuskegee University

Happy Birthday Dr. King!

“I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.”

Civil Rights Memorial Dr. King on Biography.com Encyclopedia of Alabama Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence I Have a Dream speech King Center (Atlanta) Letter from a Birmingham Jail Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial  National Historical Park Selma to Montgomery March

January in the Library

January 2nd is National Science Fiction Day January 23rd is National Handwriting Day
(display by DeeDee Baggett in Leigh Library)

Welcome to Spring Term!

Book Nook

(displays by DeeDee Baggett)

New Year's Resolutions

Merry Christmas from Coastal Alabama Libraries!

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Christmas Corner in Leigh Library
(display by DeeDee Baggett)

Have a Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Library display by DeeDee Baggett
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November 11th is Veterans Day

(display by DeeDee Baggett - click to enlarge)

By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation

Whereas the 11th of November, 1918, marked the cessation of the most destructive, sanguinary, and far-reaching war in human annals; and

Whereas it is fitting that the recurring anniversary of this date should be commemorated with thanksgiving and prayer and exercises designed to perpetuate peace through good will and mutual understanding between nations; and

Whereas, by a concurrent resolution, passed by the Senate on May 25, 1926, and by the House of Representatives on June 4, 1926, the President was requested to issue a proclamation "calling upon the officials to display the flag of the United States on all Government buildings on November 11th, and inviting the people of the United States to observe the day in schools and churches or other places, with appropriate ceremonies expressive of our gratitude for peace and our desire for the continuance of friendly relations with all other peoples":

Now, Therefore, I, Calvin Coolidge, President of the United States of America, in pursuance of the said concurrent resolution, do hereby order that the flag of the United States be displayed on all Government buildings on November 11,1926, and do invite the people of the United States to observe the day in schools and churches, or other suitable places, with appropriate ceremonies expressive of our gratitude for peace and our desire for the continuance of friendly relations with all other peoples.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the great seal of the United States.

Done at the city of Washington this 3d day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six, and of the Independence of the United States, the one hundred and fifty-first.

 

 

CALVIN COOLIDGE

By the President:
FRANK B. KELLOGG, Secretary of State.

Calvin Coolidge, Proclamation—Armistice Day, 1926 Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/328733

Native American History Month

By official proclamation, November is set aside as a time to celebrate First Nations cultures, traditions, and contributions to our national story. It also serves as a reminder of the rich diversity of Native tribes and the ongoing challenges faced by Native peoples in the present day.

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Eiteljorg Museum Faces of Poarch Moundville Park National Congress of American Indians

National Museum of the American Indian Poarch Band of Creek Indians Tribal Nations Maps Vision Maker DVDs

Pulitzer Prize Winners

All Pultizer Prize winning works in the categories of Novels (1917-1947) and Fiction (1948-2020) are owned by at least one branch of Coastal Alabama Libraries. For the complete list of all 93 winning titles, please refer to the drop down menu in Koha, our online catalog.

Joseph Pulitzer

November 3rd - ELECTION DAY!

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Norman Rockwell's "Spirit of America"

Let your voice be heard…GO VOTE!!!

Blood Drive - Brewton Campus

The Blood Drive 

on the Brewton Campus

has been cancelled 

due to mechanical problems

with the bus. We apologize 

for any inconvenience.

Breast Cancer Awareness

Kathryn Tucker Windham
Library & Museum (click photos to enlarge)

Backpacks for Christmas!

Gilbertown Campus BCM
Backpacks for Christmas

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To participate, please contact Debra at
debra.jimerson@coastalalabama.edu
or Jake at JDuke@alsbom.org.

For more information, see the
Christmas Backpacks Official Website

For ideas on how to fill the backpack, see the
Christmas Backpacks Information Flyer

Gilbertown Pink Out!!

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Spreading love, one book at a time!

 Anaik Sachdev is spreading friendship one book at a time with his ‘Loving Library’ in Phoenix, AZ.

Library Personnel Celebrate Banned Books Week!

Library personnel share thoughts
about their favorite banned books
(link to Facebook page)

This is Banned Books Week!

Banned Books Week
celebrates the freedom to read.

Top 100 Most Banned & Challenged Books 2010-2019

Banned Books Week
SEP 27-OCT 3, 2020

Today is National Punctuation Day!

 

https://www.nationalpunctuationday.com/

 

Social Distancing...

 Even our new books observe social distancing!!

Sep 19th is Talk Like a Pirate Day aarrgghh!!!!

Photo CC-BY Dan Rockwell 

September 17th is CONSTITUTION DAY!

Constitution Day Display
Leigh Library - Brewton Campus
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