Today, December 6, is National Miners’ Day. Designed to commemorate and honor the contributions and sacrifices made by miners in their most intense lines of work, the date was specifically chosen in remembrance and reflection of what has often been coined "the worst mining disaster in American history"—the Monongah Mining Disaster. Credit: Wikimedia Commons A … Continue reading Remembering the Monongah Mining Disaster
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A Look Into How Enoch Pratt Free Library Came About
This weekend marks the 142nd anniversary of Enoch Pratt Free Library’s conceptualization. While the official grand opening didn’t come about until nearly four years later, no one can deny that the library’s eventual establishment in the community has since gone down in history as one of the best ideas ever to emerge in Baltimore, Maryland. … Continue reading A Look Into How Enoch Pratt Free Library Came About