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Posted on: January 10, 2020

[ARCHIVED] Celebrate Grace A. Dow January 25 at the Library

A chocolate birthday with red, blue, and other colored lit candles

January 10, 2020 - Visit the Grace A. Dow Memorial Library on Saturday, January 25 to celebrate the wrap-up of the 150th birth year of the Library’s namesake.

The anniversary celebration in honor of Grace A. Dow will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Orchard Room. Stop by to enjoy cake and punch refreshments and participate in a genealogy workshop hosted by the Daughters of the American Revolution that will trace patrons’ familial ties back to service members in the Revolutionary War.

At 2 p.m., local historian Tawny Ryan Nelb will detail the early life of Grace Anna Ball Dow in a presentation on the Mezzanine.

This is a free event open to all ages and no registration is necessary. For more information, please visit www.gadml.org or www.facebook.com/GraceDowLibrary or call the Reference Desk 989-837-3449.

The Grace A. Dow Memorial Library is located at 1710 W. St. Andrews Rd and is a service of the City of Midland.

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