Heritage Remembrances

February 2022

Taylorsville Bennion Heritage REMEMBRANCES

The Taylorsville-Bennion Heritage Center museum has a small library to house precious history, albums and events, obituaries, etc. With this article, we want to feature three covers from this library.

We hope it might entice you to come visit and see for yourself how hard the Taylorsville Historic Preservation Committee tries to preserve history for our community. The museum library contains shelves of various history books and memories galore. Winter hours are: Tuesday mornings, 9 to 1 p.m., Wednesday evenings, 6 to 8 p.m. and Saturdays from 2 to 5 p.m.

In 1990, Life magazine featured a classic moment from World War II with a sailor and his girlfriend in a happy embrace. In 1959, the Lennon Sisters were singing in style at Christmastime. The third photo with this article shows an album that showcases a Taylorsville Ward Reunion in 2004 held in the old Assembly Hall.

These are just a few samples of what you can see at our library. We hope to see you soon!

TAYLORSVILLE SENIOR CENTER

4743 S. Plymouth View Drive Grab Lunch, Visit with Friends at the Senior Center

The Taylorsville Senior Center, 4743 S. Plymouth View Drive, o ers lunch daily from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Just get a ticket at the front desk, and view the menu, as well as a program schedule, online at www.slco.org/taylorsville-senior-center

Remember becoming a member is free and it allows you access to the Taylorsville Senior Center and all the other county Senior Centers. Come in and see Daisy to ll out an intake form to get an access card.

Don’t Miss These Library Events

The Taylorsville Library has planned several programs during the month of February. You’ll want to mark your calendar for these events:

HOGWARTS INTERACTIVE ADVENTURE

Wednesday, Feb. 2 to Saturday, Feb. 5 Celebrate Harry Potter book night and the 25th anniversary of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" with an interactive, magical journey through the library.

VIRTUAL ADULT LECTURE — The Incredible Life and Legacy of Harriet Tubman

Tuesday, Feb. 8, 7 p.m. Ranger Angela Crenshaw will highlight the life of Harriet Tubman, the most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad. Crenshaw was the assistant manager of Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park and Visitor Center for more than four years in beautiful and historic Church Creek, Md. She is currently the area manager at Gunpowder Falls State Park, the largest park in Maryland. Join in this virtual journey and learn about Tubman’s early years spent in Dorchester County, Md. You’ll also hear about Tubman’s skills as an outdoorswoman, her time conducting freedom-seekers on the Underground Railroad and her later years spent as a su ragette. Discover the importance of faith, family, community and the landscape involving this amazing woman. Crenshaw began working at the Maryland Department of Natural Resources in 2008, removing abandoned boats and debris for Boating Services. She became a Maryland Park Ranger in 2013 and was promoted up the ranks through her time at Elk Neck and Gunpowder Falls State Parks. She received her master’s degree in Energy and Environmental Policy from the University of Delaware. You must register for this event to receive the link to the WebEx virtual lecture: thecountylibrary.org/LectureSeries

VIRTUAL ADULT LECTURE

American Eagles - The Rise of U.S. Military Aviation in World War Monday, Feb. 28, 7 p.m. Historian Narayan Sengupta will discuss the origins of the United States Air Force and its earliest ghter pilots, including Eugene Bullard, Eddie Rickenbacker and Quentin Roosevelt. Quentin was Theodore Roosevelt's youngest son and the only member of a U.S. pesident’s family to be killed in combat. Before his death, Quentin Roosevelt stayed at the home of Sengupta’s great-grandmother in France, home to the 1st Pursuit Group – America’s rst ghter squadrons. Sengupta comes from a family of combat veterans and historians. He grew up attending airshows, visiting battle elds and reading history. He is trilingual and loves to travel with his family. He worked at IBM, Coca-Cola, Hewlett Packard and Alltel before starting NFI (www.n web.com), a business intelligence and database rm in Atlanta, Ga. Narayan has a BA in history from Emory University and MBA from Georgia State. He has written ve books on air combat, tanks and POWs. You must register for this event to receive the link to the WebEx virtual lecture: thecountylibrary.org/LectureSeries

LIBRARY CLOSURE

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