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Emancipation Proclamation (1863)
www.archives.gov
Citation: Emancipation Proclamation, January 1, 1863; Presidential
Proclamations, 1791-1991; Record Group 11; General Records of the
United States Government; National Archives.
President Abraham Lincoln issued the
Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863,
announcing, "that all persons held as slaves"
within the rebellious areas "are, and
henceforward shall be free."
Initially, the Civil War between North and South
was fought by the North to prevent the secession
of the Southern states and preserve the Union.
Even though sectional conflicts over slavery had
been a major cause of the war, ending slavery was
not a goal of the war.
That changed on September 22, 1862, when
President Lincoln issued his Preliminary
Emancipation Proclamation, which stated that
enslaved people in those states or parts of states
still in rebellion as of January 1, 1863, would be
declared free. One hundred days later, with the
rebellion unabated, President issued the
Emancipation Proclamation declaring "that all
persons held as slaves" within the rebellious areas
"are, and henceforward shall be free."
Lincoln’s bold step to change the goals of the war
was a military measure and came just a few days
after the Union’s victory in the Battle of Antietam.
With this Proclamation he hoped to inspire all Black
people, and enslaved people in the Confederacy in
particular, to support the Union cause and to keep
England and France from giving political
recognition and military aid to the Confederacy.
Because it was a military measure, however, the
Emancipation Proclamation was limited in many
ways. It applied only to states that had seceded
from the Union, leaving slavery untouched in the
loyal border states. It also expressly exempted
parts of the Confederacy that had already come
under Union control. Most important, the freedom
it promised depended upon Union military victory.
Although the Emancipation Proclamation did not
end slavery in the nation, it did fundamentally
transform the character of the war. After January 1,
1863, every advance of federal troops expanded
the domain of freedom. Moreover, the
Proclamation announced the acceptance of Black
men into the Union Army and Navy, enabling the
liberated to become liberators. By the end of the
war, almost 200,000 Black soldiers and sailors had
fought for the Union and freedom.
From the first days of the Civil War, enslaved
people had acted to secure their own liberty. The
Emancipation Proclamation confirmed their
insistence that the war for the Union must become
a war for freedom. It added moral force to the
Union cause and strengthened the Union both
militarily and politically. As a milestone along the
road to slavery's final destruction, the
Emancipation Proclamation has assumed a place
among the great documents of human freedom.
Transcript
By the President of the United States of America:
A Proclamation.
Whereas, on the twenty-second day of September, in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-two, a proclamation was issued by the President
of the United States, containing, among other things,
the following, to wit:
"That on the first day of January, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all
persons held as slaves within any State or designated
part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in
rebellion against the United States, shall be then,
thenceforward, and forever free; and the Executive
Government of the United States, including the
military and naval authority thereof, will recognize
and maintain the freedom of such persons, and will do
no act or acts to repress such persons, or any of them,
in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom.
"That the Executive will, on the first day of January
aforesaid, by proclamation, designate the States and
parts of States, if any, in which the people thereof,
respectively, shall then be in rebellion against the
United States; and the fact that any State, or the
people thereof, shall on that day be, in good faith,
represented in the Congress of the United States by
members chosen thereto at elections wherein a
majority of the qualified voters of such State shall
have participated, shall, in the absence of strong
countervailing testimony, be deemed conclusive
evidence that such State, and the people thereof, are
not then in rebellion against the United States."
Now, therefore I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the
United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as
Commander-in-Chief, of the Army and Navy of the
United States in time of actual armed rebellion against
the authority and government of the United States,
and as a fit and necessary war measure for
suppressing said rebellion, do, on this first day of
January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-three, and in accordance with my
purpose so to do publicly proclaimed for the full period
of one hundred days, from the day first above
mentioned, order and designate as the States and
parts of States wherein the people thereof
respectively, are this day in rebellion against the
United States, the following, to wit:
Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, (except the Parishes of St.
Bernard, Plaquemines, Jefferson, St. John, St. Charles,
St. James Ascension, Assumption, Terrebonne,
Lafourche, St. Mary, St. Martin, and Orleans, including
the City of New Orleans) Mississippi, Alabama, Florida,
Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia,
(except the forty-eight counties designated as West
Virginia, and also the counties of Berkley, Accomac,
Northampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess Ann, and
Norfolk, including the cities of Norfolk and
Portsmouth[)], and which excepted parts, are for the
present, left precisely as if this proclamation were not
issued.
And by virtue of the power, and for the purpose
aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held
as slaves within said designated States, and parts of
States, are, and henceforward shall be free; and that
the Executive government of the United States,
including the military and naval authorities thereof,
will recognize and maintain the freedom of said
persons.
And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be
free to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary
self-defence; and I recommend to them that, in all
cases when allowed, they labor faithfully for
reasonable wages.
And I further declare and make known, that such
persons of suitable condition, will be received into the
armed service of the United States to garrison forts,
positions, stations, and other places, and to man
vessels of all sorts in said service.
And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of
justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military
necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of
mankind, and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and
caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington, this first day of
January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty three, and of the Independence of
the United States of America the eighty-seventh.
By the President: ABRAHAM LINCOLN
WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State.
Ellis Island
(opened January 1, 1892)
www.statueofliberty.org/ellis-island
Prior to 1890, individual states, rather than the Federal
Government, regulated immigration into the United
States. Castle Garden (now Castle Clinton), located in
the Battery of Manhattan, served as the New York State
immigration station from 1855 to 1890.
Approximately eight million immigrants passed through
its doors, mostly from Northern European countries;
this constituted the first large wave of immigrants to
settle and populate the U.S.
In the 1800s, rising political instability, economic
distress, and religious persecution plagued Europe,
fueling the largest mass human migration in the history
of the world. Around 1890, it became apparent that
Castle Garden was ill-equipped and unprepared to
handle the mass influx, leading the Federal government
to construct a new immigration station on Ellis Island.
During construction, the Barge Office in the Battery was
used for immigrant processing.
The new structure on Ellis Island began receiving
arriving immigrants on January 1, 1892. Annie Moore, a
teenage girl from Ireland, accompanied by her two
younger brothers, made history as the very first
immigrant to be processed at Ellis Island. Over the next
62 years, more than 12 million immigrants would arrive
in the United States via Ellis Island.
Sailing to the Land of Liberty
Sailing to the Land of Liberty
Most immigrants entered the United States through
New York Harbor, although there were other ports of
entry in cities such as Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore,
San Francisco, and New Orleans. The great steamship
companies like the White Star, Red Star, Cunard, and
Hamburg-America Lines played a significant role in the
history of Ellis Island and immigration as a whole.
First and second class passengers arriving in New York
Harbor were not required to undergo the inspection
process at Ellis Island. Instead, these passengers
received a cursory inspection aboard the ship; theory
being that if a person could afford to purchase a first or
second class ticket they were affluent and less likely to
become a public charge in America due to medical or
legal reasons. However, regardless of class, sick
passengers or those with legal problems were sent to
Ellis Island for further inspection.
This scenario was far different for third class
passengers, commonly referred to as “steerage.” These
immigrants traveled in crowded and often unsanitary
conditions near the bottom of steamships, often
spending up to two weeks seasick in their bunks during
rough Atlantic Ocean crossings. After the steamship
docked in the Harbor (typically along the west coast of
Manhattan), steerage passengers would board a ferry
to Ellis Island for their detailed inspection.
Fire on Ellis Island
During the early morning hours of June 15, 1897, a fire
on Ellis Island burned the immigration station
completely to the ground. Although no lives were lost,
Federal and State immigration records dating back to
1855 burned, along with the pine buildings that failed
to protect them.
The U.S. Treasury quickly ordered the immigration
facility be rebuilt, under one very important condition:
all future structures built on Ellis Island had to be
fireproof. On December 17, 1900, the new Main
Building was opened and 2,251 immigrants were
received that day.
While ship manifests were burned for entries prior to
June 1897, Customs Lists remain. These records were
kept safe in the U.S. Customs Office. So while the
Foundation’s Passenger Search does not include ship
manifests for years prior to 1897, Customs Lists for
those passengers are available to view! Quite similar to
a ship manifest, these records detail each passenger’s
name, age, country of origin, as well as how many
pieces of luggage they carried.
Search here
Arrival and Inspection
If an immigrant’s papers were in order and they were in
reasonably good health, the Ellis Island inspection
process lasted 3 to 5 hours. The inspections took place
in the Registry Room (Great Hall) where doctors would
briefly scan every individual for obvious physical
ailments. Doctors at Ellis Island soon became very
adept at conducting these “six second physicals.” By
1916, it was said that a doctor could identify numerous
medical conditions (ranging from anemia to trachoma)
by simply glancing at a person.
Laws and Regulations Evolve
In the early 1900s U.S. immigration officials mistakenly
thought that the peak wave of immigration had passed.
To their surprise, immigration was on the rise. In fact,
1907 marked the busiest year at Ellis Island with
approximately 1.25 million immigrants processed.
From the very beginning of the mass migration period
that spanned 1880 to 1924, a relentless group of
politicians and nativists demanded increased
restrictions on immigration. A literary test, the Chinese
Exclusion Act, the Alien Contract Labor Law, quota laws,
and the National Origins Act Laws were among the
regulations enacted to limit who could enter the U.S.,
with restrictions based upon the number of ethnic
groups already living in the country. As a result, Ellis
Island experienced a rapid decline in usage beginning in
the early 1920s.

The ship’s manifest log, initially filled out at the ship’s

port of departure, contained the immigrant’s name and
answers to 29 questions. This document was used by
the legal inspectors at Ellis Island to cross-examine
during the legal inspection. Contrary to popular belief,
interpreters of all major languages were employed at
Ellis Island, making the process efficient and ensuring
that records were accurate.

Despite the island’s reputation as an “Island of Tears”

the vast majority of immigrants were treated
courteously and respectfully, free to begin their new
lives in America after only a few short hours on Ellis
Island. Only two percent of the arriving immigrants
were excluded from entry. The two main reasons for
exclusion were a doctor diagnosing an immigrant with a
contagious disease that could endanger the public
health, or a legal inspector was concerned an
immigrant would likely become a public charge or an
illegal contract laborer.
After World War I, U.S. embassies were established in
countries all over the world. The necessary paperwork
and medical inspections were completed at the
consulate, quickly replacing the Ellis Island inspection
process.
After 1924, the only passengers brought to Ellis Island
were those who had problems with their paperwork, as
well as war refugees and displaced persons needing
assistance. Ellis Island remained for three more decades
serving a multitude of purposes, including a World War
II detention center for enemy merchant seamen.
In November of 1954, the last remaining detainee on
Ellis Island, a Norwegian merchant seaman named Arne
Peterssen, was released and Ellis Island officially closed
by the U.S. government.

1ST NUCLEAR POWERED SUBMARINE SETS SAIL JANUARY 17, 1955
HISTORY OF USS NAUTILUS
https://ussnautilus.org/
Construction of NAUTILUS was made possible by the
successful development of a nuclear propulsion plant
by a group of scientists and engineers at the Naval
Reactors Branch of the Atomic Energy Commission,
under the leadership of Captain Hyman G. Rickover,
USN.
In July of 1951, Congress authorized construction of
the world’s first nuclear powered submarine. On
December 12th of that year, the Navy Department
announced that she would be the sixth ship of the
fleet to bear the name NAUTILUS. Her keel was laid
by President Harry S. Truman at the Electric Boat
Shipyard in Groton, Connecticut on June 14, 1952.
After nearly 18 months of construction, NAUTILUS
was launched on January 21, 1954 with First Lady
Mamie Eisenhower breaking the traditional bottle of
champagne across NAUTILUS’ bow as she slid down
the ways into the Thames River. Eight months later,
on September 30, 1954, NAUTILUS became the first
commissioned nuclear powered ship in the United
States Navy.
On the morning of January 17, 1955, at 11 am EST,
NAUTILUS’ first Commanding Officer, Commander
Eugene P. Wilkinson, ordered all lines cast off and
signaled the memorable and historic message,
“Underway On Nuclear Power.” Over the next several
years, NAUTILUS shattered all submerged speed and
distance records.
CDR Anderson On July 23, 1958, NAUTILUS departed
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii under top secret orders to
conduct “Operation Sunshine”, the first crossing of
the North Pole by a ship. At 11:15 pm on August 3,
1958, NAUTILUS’ second Commanding Officer,
Commander William R. Anderson, announced to his
crew, “For the world, our country, and the Navy – the
North Pole.” With 116 men aboard, NAUTILUS had
accomplished the “impossible”, reaching the
geographic North Pole – 90 degrees North.
In May 1959, NAUTILUS entered Portsmouth Naval
Shipyard, Kittery, Maine for her first complete
overhaul – the first of any nuclear powered ship –
and the replacement of her second fuel core. Upon
completion of her overhaul in August 1960,
NAUTILUS departed for a period of refresher training,
then deployed to the Mediterranean Sea to become
the first nuclear powered submarine assigned to the
U.S. Sixth Fleet.
Over the next six years, NAUTILUS participated in
several fleet exercises while steaming over 200,000
miles. In the spring of 1966, she again entered the
record books when she logged her 300,000th mile
underway. During the following 12 years, NAUTILUS
was involved in a variety of developmental testing
programs while continuing to serve alongside many
of the more modern nuclear powered submarines she
had preceded.
In the spring of 1979, NAUTILUS set out from Groton,
Connecticut on her final voyage. She reached Mare
Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California on May 26,
1979 – her last day underway. She was
decommissioned on March 3, 1980 after a career
spanning 25 years and over half a million miles
steamed.
In recognition of her pioneering role in the practical
use of nuclear power, NAUTILUS was designated a
National Historic Landmark by the Secretary of the
Interior on May 20, 1982. Following an extensive
historic ship conversion at Mare Island Naval
Shipyard, NAUTILUS was towed to Groton,
Connecticut arriving on July 6, 1985.
On April 11, 1986, eighty-six years to the day after
the birth of the Submarine Force, Historic Ship
NAUTILUS, joined by the Submarine Force Museum,
opened to the public as the first and finest exhibit of
its kind in the world, providing an exciting, visible link
between yesterday’s Submarine Force and the
Submarine Force of tomorrow.
California Gold Rush
BY: HISTORY.COM EDITORS
UPDATED: AUGUST 10, 2022 | ORIGINAL: APRIL 6, 2010
MPI/GETTY IMAGES
The California Gold Rush was sparked by the discovery
of gold nuggets in the Sacramento Valley in early 1848
and was arguably one of the most significant events to
shape American history during the first half of the 19th
century. As news spread of the discovery, thousands of
prospective gold miners traveled by sea or over land to
San Francisco and the surrounding area; by the end of
1849, the non-native population of the California
territory was some 100,000 (compared with the pre-
1848 figure of less than 1,000). A total of $2 billion
worth of precious metal was extracted from the area
during the Gold Rush, which peaked in 1852.
Sutter’s Mill
On January 24, 1848, James Wilson Marshall, a
carpenter originally from New Jersey, found flakes of
gold in the American River at the base of the Sierra
Nevada Mountains near Coloma, California.
At the time, Marshall was working to build a water-
powered sawmill owned by John Sutter, a German-born
Swiss citizen and founder of a colony of Nueva Helvetia
(New Switzerland, which would later become the city of
Sacramento). As Marshall later recalled of his historic
discovery: “It made my heart thump, for I was certain it
was gold.”
Did you know? Miners extracted more than 750,000
pounds of gold during the California Gold Rush.
Days after Marshall’s discovery at Sutter’s Mill,
the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed, ending
the Mexican-American War and leaving California in the
hands of the United States—a remarkable twist of fate
with important ramifications for an America eager
for westward expansion.
At the time, the population of the territory consisted of
6,500 Californios (people of Spanish or Mexican
descent); 700 foreigners (primarily Americans); and
150,000 Native Americans (barely half the number that
had been there when Spanish settlers arrived in 1769).
Sutter, in fact, had enslaved hundreds of Native
Americans and used them as a free source of labor and
makeshift militia to defend his territory and expand his
empire.
Gold Fever Strikes
Though Marshall and Sutter tried to keep news of the
discovery under wraps, word got out, and by mid-
March at least one newspaper was reporting that large
quantities of gold were being turned up at Sutter’s Mill.
Though the initial reaction in San Francisco was
disbelief, storekeeper Sam Brannan set off a frenzy
when he paraded through town displaying a vial of gold
obtained from Sutter’s Creek.
By mid-June, shops and businesses stood empty, as
some three-quarters of the male population of San
Francisco had abandoned the city for the gold mines,
and the number of miners in the area ballooned to
some 4,000 by August.
As news reports—many wildly overblown—of the easy
fortunes being made in California spread worldwide,
some of the first migrants to arrive were those from
lands accessible by boat, such as Oregon, the Sandwich
Islands (now Hawaii), Mexico, Chile, Peru and China.
Polk Spreads Gold Fever
When the news reached the East Coast, press reports
were initially skeptical. Gold fever kicked off nationwide
in earnest, however, after December 1848, when
President James K. Polk announced the positive results
of a report made by Colonel Richard Mason, California’s
military governor, in his inaugural address.
As Polk wrote, “The accounts of abundance of gold are
of such an extraordinary character as would scarcely
command belief were they not corroborated by the
authentic reports of officers in the public service.”
The ’49ers Come to California
Throughout 1849, people around the United States
(mostly men) with gold fever borrowed money,
mortgaged their property or spent their life savings to
make the arduous journey to California. In pursuit of
the kind of wealth they had never dreamed of, they left
their families and hometowns. In turn, women left
behind took on new responsibilities such as running
farms or businesses and caring for their children alone.
Thousands of would-be gold miners, known as 49ers for
the year they arrived, traveled overland across the
mountains or by sea, sailing to Panama or even around
Cape Horn, the southernmost point of South America.
By the end of the year, the non-native population of
California was estimated at 100,000, (as compared with
20,000 at the end of 1848 and around 800 in March
1848). To accommodate the needs of the 49ers, gold
mining towns had sprung up all over the region,
complete with shops, saloons, brothels and other
businesses seeking to make their own Gold Rush
fortune.
The overcrowded chaos of the mining camps and towns
grew ever more lawless, including rampant banditry,
gambling, alcoholism, prostitution and violence. San
Francisco, for its part, developed a bustling economy
and became the central metropolis of the new frontier.
Gold Rush Politics
The Gold Rush undoubtedly sped up California’s
admission to the Union as the 31st state. In late 1849,
California applied to enter the Union with a constitution
that barred the Southern system of racial slavery,
provoking a crisis in Congress between proponents of
slavery and anti-slavery politicians.
According to the Compromise of 1850, proposed by
Kentucky’s Senator Henry Clay, California was allowed
to enter as a free state, while the territories
of Utah and New Mexico were left to decide the legal
status of slavery for themselves.
California's Mines
After 1850, the surface gold in California largely
disappeared, even as miners continued to arrive.
Mining had always been difficult and dangerous labor,
and striking it rich required good luck as much as skill
and hard work. Moreover, the average daily take for an
independent miner working with his pick and shovel
had by then sharply decreased from what it had been in
1848.
As gold became more and more difficult to reach, the
growing industrialization of mining drove more and
more miners from independence into wage labor. The
new technique of hydraulic mining, developed in 1853,
brought enormous profits but destroyed much of the
region’s landscape
.
Though gold mining continued throughout the 1850s, it
had reached its peak by 1852, when some $81 million
was pulled from the ground. After that year, the total
take declined gradually, leveling off to around $45
million per year by 1857. Settlement in California
continued, however, and by the end of the decade the
state’s population was 380,000.
Impact of the Gold Rush
New mining methods and the population boom in the
wake of the California Gold Rush permanently altered
the landscape of California. The technique of hydraulic
mining brought enormous profits but destroyed much
of the region’s landscape.
Dams designed to supply water to mine sites in summer
altered the course of rivers away from farmland, while
sediment from mines clogged others. The logging
industry in the area was born from the need to
construct extensive canals and feed boilers at mines,
further consuming natural resources.
In 1884, hydraulic mining was outlawed by court order,
and soon agriculture became the dominant industry in
California, and it remains so today. While a few mines
and Gold Rush towns remain, much of the heritage of
that era is preserved at places such as Bodie State
Historic Park, a decaying ghost town, and at Marshall
Gold Discovery State Historic Park, where Sutter’s Mill
once stood.
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experience, not about a more positive image.
Take up a new hobby
This is a big one. I’ve realized that I spend the
majority of my free time doing something
insignificant and then I feel like I’ve wasted my
time. Pick up a hobby or something - for me, it was
embroidery, simply because I had a lot of thread
laying around from a deceased aunt. Relaxing in
your spare time is very important - you can’t go,
go, go, all the time. It’s not sustainable. But at the
same time, it’s important not to let your downtime
become something that makes you feel bad. A
hobby is lovely if you’re like me and feel a bit bad
about just being in bed all day.
Find a really small thing that makes you
happy.
This is simple. It can be anything that you can enjoy
on a frequent basis, almost an afterthought to your
daily routine. For me, it’s putting on perfume after I
shower. It could be watering a plant. Just a small,
simple thing that brings you joy and brightens your
day.
Make a playlist that makes you effin’ jazzed (if you
don’t have one already)
Collect all your jams. All the music that makes you
want to dance. Put it all together, and voila: You
now have an instant mood booster. I recommend
listening to your creation when you’re showering,
cleaning, or when travelling to school.
Send a card to someone you love
This is just nice. Makes you feel really productive.
Makes the receiver happy. It’s just cute and
romantic.
Remember that dreams have no expiration
date
This is something I have to tell myself and my
friends repeatedly. You’re young. Life is so, so long.
Nowadays, most people in the developed world
live to their 80. I once read an estimate that of
those born after 2000, half will get to see their
100th birthday.
There is absolutely no reason you should have it all
figured out by the time you’re 18. Dreams, wants
and aspirations can change. You can turn your life
around when you’re 36. Don’t panic, take a breath,
and remember that you’ve got time. Don’t let
societal expectations dictate what you do and
when you do it. You’re the one living your life, so
live it at your own pace.
Spend your free time on things that make
you happy.
This is my primary focus for the new year, and it
sort of ties in with the point of the hobby. 2018
was the year I realised that I let myself and my time
be dictated by school to the point where I spent
the majority of my time doing something that
contributed absolutely nothing to my overall
happiness. Make sure that the time you have is
spent making you happy. Whether that means
reading a good book, playing board games with
friends, going out, or taking time to your family,
make sure that if you can, you are spending time
making yourself and others happy. If you feel like 4
hours spend on Youtube is a waste of time, work
towards limiting the time you do that. Your
obligations become a lot easier to deal with if your
time outside those obligations are spent doing
something that makes you feel good.
 Kinder Korner
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Juv. Graphic
novels
Mac Bernett The First Cat In Space &
The Soup Of Doom
Ann Martin Stacey’s Mistake
Dana Simpson Unicorn For a Day
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Children’s Story Hour Phonics Kits

Tuesdays at 11AM Marvel Phonics Kit
Wednesdays at 1:00 PM *************************************************************
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Juvenile Fiction

Mac Barnett The Impossible Crime

Mac Cracks the Code
Aevar Benediktsson Stranded!
Chris Colfer A Tale Of Magic
A Tale Of Sorcery
A Tale Of Witchcraft
Rachel Russell Tales From a Not-So-Best
Friend Forever
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Easy readers
Mac Barnett Jack And Santa
Jack At Bat
Jack At the Zoo
Jack Gets Zapped
Jack Goes West
Too Many Jacks
Peppa Pig Dinosaur Party
Pete the Cat Show-And-Tell
Matilda Rose Pugicorn: The Christmas
Wish
Maggie Testa The Baby Comes Home
Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Leo Messi
Disney Wish Welcome To Rosas!
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Find the Snowman’s treasures!
The Puzzler Page
 January is Brain Teaser Month.
Here is our murder mystery challenge.
Can you find the Murderer? Entry forms at front desk
 Measure Up with a Homemade
Thermometer!

Use this link to find materials list,

instructions and follow-up.
Build a Homemade Thermometer to Measure Temperature |
STEM Activity (sciencebuddies.org)
Tell us what temperatures you
measured on our Facebook page!
 The 52 Book Club’s 2024 Reading Challenge
(Follow link below to join in)
2024 Reading Challenge – The 52 Book Club

Do you love reading? Whether you’re an avid reader who finished hundreds of books last year or a brand-
new bookworm who simply wants to read more — this 2024 reading challenge is for you! The 52 Book
Club’s annual challenge is an entirely customizable reading challenge designed to help you try new
authors and genres, meet fellow bookworms, and crush your reading goals!

What is the challenge?

The 52 Book Club’s annual reading challenge is made up of 52 unique prompts. The goal is to match one
book to each prompt, for a total of fifty-two books over the course of the year. Prompts are related to
everything from specific titles, to cover designs, authors, genres, settings, themes, characters, etc. (Think
of it like a giant bookish scavenger hunt!) We encourage participants to try books outside of their regular
reading comfort zones and push themselves to read more, read differently, and get creative with it!

How does it work?

1. Follow The 52 Book Club on social media. You can find us
on Facebook, Goodreads or Storygraph, and Instagram.
2. Using the list below, match one book to each of the 52 prompts. (52 books total.) Get as
creative as you like with interpreting the prompts!
3. When January 1, 2024 rolls around, start reading!
4. Once you’ve finished one of the prompts, check it off the list and share your read! The
Facebook group is our most popular spot for posting your recent 52 Book Club reads. When sharing
on other social media sites like Instagram or X (formerly Twitter), don’t forget to use the hashtag
#the52bookclub2024 and #the52bookclub. This helps us find everyone!
5. How often you share is up to you! You can share after every read, share all of your reads at the
end of the month, or even just at the end of the year! Some participants chose to track their reads
privately and simply follow along in the groups to find amazing recommendations. How you decide
to participate is up to you. We’re just glad you’re here!
Ready to see what we’re reading in 2024? Here’s our new challenge:

Old-Fashioned Butter Rum
(From “Recipes From the Library”, our
very own cookbook! Ask for your copy!)
1 cup Sugar
1 cup Brown Sugar
1 cup Butter
2 cups Vanilla Ice Cream
1 oz. Light Rum or Root Beer
Hot Water
Heat sugars and butter over low heat in
medium saucepan. When melted, remove from
heat. Stir in ice cream. Pour into a bell jar and
refrigerate. To serve, fill mug approximately
1/4 with sauce, add 1 oz. of rum or root beer,
then fill with hot water and stir.
Pierogi
(From “Recipes From the Library”, our
very own cookbook! Ask for your copy!)
3 Eggs
1/2 tsp. Salt
3/4 cup Milk
1/4 cup Half & Half
1/4 cup Butter or Margarine, softened
5 1/2 cups All-Purpose Flour
1 Egg White, beaten
1 Tbsp. Water
Beat together the first 5 ingredients; fold in
flour, adding more if needed to form a soft
dough; cover and let stand for 5 minutes in a
warm place. Knead dough on a lightly floured
surface for 10 minutes or run dough through
the thickest setting of a pasta maker 5 times.
Divide dough into 4 pieces; cover with a moist
towel. Roll out each dough section to 1/8”
thick; cut out 3 1/2” circles using cookie cutter,
cup or can. Beat together egg white and
water; set aside. Place 1 Tbsp. of filling (your
choice, see below) in the center of each circle;
fold circle in half over filling; brush with egg
wash, and seal edges by pressing with the tines
of a fork; place finished pierogis on waxed
paper until all are complete. Either freeze
pierogis in a single layer and store in a Ziploc
bag or boil filled pierogis in water for 5
minutes or until they float. To cook frozen
pierogis, boil for 10 – 12 minutes.
Potato & Cheese Filling
4 peeled, cubed Potatoes, boiled tender
1/2 cup shredded Cheddar Cheese
1/4 cup butter or bacon grease
1 tsp. Seasoned Salt
Mash together all ingredients
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New Year's Day Pre-School Story Hour Pre-School Story Hour
Cancelled for Holiday Cancelled for Holiday New Mexico
Louis Braille's
Birthday - 1809 National Bird Day becomes the 47th
- 1839 state – 1912
Ellis Island opens
1st photo taken of
January 1, 1892 Alaska becomes the Utah becomes the
Earth's Moon Nellie Ross Joan of Arc’s
49th state – 1959 45th state -1896
inaugurated as 1st Birthday -1412
Emancipation woman governor -
Proclamation - 1863 Georgia becomes the J. R. R. Tolkien’s Isaac Newton’s 1925 (Wyoming) Carl Sandburg’s
Library Closed 4th state – 1788 birthday - 1892 Birthday -1643 Library Closed Birthday - 1878
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1st US commercial - 1790 Pre-School Story Pre-School Story
bank opens – 1782 George Washington Hour - 11:00AM Hour 1PM Alexander Hamilton's National Hot Tea Day First Public Radio
(Bank of N. America) delivers 1st State of Birthday - 1755 Broadcast - 1910
the Union Address - 1788
Harlem Connecticut First US Presidential Insulin 1st used to All In the Family 1957
- 1851 becomes 5th state
Globetrotters play Election – 1789 premiers 1971 Frisbee introduced
Jean Foucault proves treat diabetes – 1922
1st game – 1927 (as Plut Platter)
Earth rotates on axis
- 1955 - 1793 - 1863
US Surgeon General Jack London's
Marion Anderson Stephen Hawking’s 1st successful hot air World's first subway Johnny Cash plays
declares cigarettes Birthday – 1876
first performs with Birthday - 1942 balloon flight in US opens in London Folsom Prison - 1968
hazardous - 1964 Library Closed
Metropolitan Opera
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Martin Luther Pre-School Story Pre-School Story Creative Cupboard
Henry Ford begins Hour - 11:00AM Hour 1PM - 1919 10AM – 2PM
King, Jr. Day Versailles Peace
Nat’l Popcorn Day
Assembly Line
Production - 1914 - 2009 Conference opens
USS Nautilus(SSN-
Miracle on the Appreciate a 571) sets sail as 1st Edgar Allan Poe's Iran releases US
Benedict Arnold's Hudson lands safely Dragon Day nuclear powered A. A. Milne's Birthday – 1809 hostages – 1981
Birthday – 1741 submarine - 1955 Birthday – 1882
Martin Luther King, Paul Cezanne’s
Wm. Whipple’s Jr.'s Birthday – 1929 US Civil Service Benjamin Franklin’s Daniel Webster’s Birthday – 1839 Buzz Aldrin's
Birthday - 1730 . Library Closed created - 1883 Birthday - 1706 Birthday - 1782 Library Closed Birthday – 1930

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Book Club 3:00 PM Pre-School Story Pre-School Story
“1491” Uranium atom split Hour - 11:00AM Hour 1PM
for 1st time – 1939 “Robot” enters world Auschwitz Camp
C. Charles Mann language – 1921 Atomic clock liberated - 1945
Elizabeth Blackwell developed – 1955
Guy Fiere’s Gold discovered in
receives medical Robert Burns Lewis Carroll's
Stonewall Jackson's Birthday – 1968 California – 1848
degree - 1849 Birthday – 1759 Birthday – 1832
Birthday – 1824
Michigan becomes
Christian Dior’s Answer Your Cat’s John Hancock's Mary Lou Retton’s Somerset 26th state – 1837 Amadeus Mozart's
Birthday - 1905 Question Day Birthday - 1737 Birthday - 1968 Maugham’s Birthday Library Closed Birthday – 1756

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Art Show Reception Creepy Book Club Pre-School Story Pre-School Story
SJES Students 2–4PM 7:00 PM Hour - 11:00AM Hour 1PM
“Home Before Dark”
Riley Sager
1st Social Security
Great Seal of the US Beatles last
authorized – 1782 check issued – 1940
concert – 1969
- 1878 Curmudgeons Day
1st telephone - 2020
exchange opened in Kansas Becomes Franklin Roosevelt's UK officially leaves
New Haven, CT 34th state – 1861 Birthday – 1882 the European Union