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Day 21, Monday March 4: Jefferson, Texas to East Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Carnegie libraries visited: Jefferson This was bound to happen, and it did. While chatting with Jean at the Jefferson Museum, she gave me...
Mark Carl Rom
Mar 43 min read


Day 20, Sunday, March 3, Dallas, Texas to Jefferson, Texas
Carnegie libraries visited: Jefferson Driving away from Will’s home, I had a rare feeling of joy and peace on this Sunday morning. I’m...
Mark Carl Rom
Mar 33 min read


Day 9, Tuesday, February 20: Brentwood, Tennessee to Eufaula, Alabama
Carnegie libraries visited: Union Springs, Alabama. The Carnegie Library in Union Springs, Alabama, is almost empty when I arrive at 3.30...
Mark Carl Rom
Mar 213 min read


Day 8: Nashville
Carnegie libraries visited: Nashville East and Nashville Carnegie Pigeon Ford, in eastern Tennessee, was not on my itinerary. Maybe it...
Mark Carl Rom
Jul 5, 20241 min read


Day 7: Lavonia, Georgia to Brentwood, Tennessee
Carnegie libraries visited: Lavonia, Georgia; Etowah and Harriman, Tennessee I'm quickly learning that many of the women who helped...
Mark Carl Rom
Jul 5, 20241 min read


Day 6: Boston, Georgia to Lavonia, Georgia
Carnegie libraries visited: Boston, Pelham, and Eatonton, Georgia Americans are not a people that care passionately about its history,...
Mark Carl Rom
Jul 4, 20241 min read


Day 5: St. Petersburg, Florida to Boston, Georgia
Carnegie libraries visited: West Tampa and Mirror Lake St. Petersburg, Florida Florida has Disney World, oranges, anti-woke policies,...
Mark Carl Rom
Jul 4, 20242 min read


Day 4: Savannah, Georgia to St. Petersburg, Florida
Carnegie libraries visited: Savannah Main Branch and Carnegie Library of Savannah, South Carolina Savannah has two libraries funded by...
Mark Carl Rom
Jun 25, 20241 min read


Day 3: Myrtle Beach, South Carolina to Savannah, South Carolina
Carnegie libraries visited: Marion, South Carolina South Carolina is not a library desert, but it's not far from it. Only fourteen...
Mark Carl Rom
Jun 21, 20241 min read


Day 2: Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Carnegie libraries visited: Latta, South Carolina I'm now two-thirds of the way through my library tour. I've travelled nearly 25,000...
Mark Carl Rom
Jun 20, 20241 min read


America's Libraries: Finding the Women Who Help Make Them
Today I'm beginning my "America's Libraries" journey. For the next six months, I'll be visiting hundreds of libraries (actually close to...
Mark Carl Rom
Feb 12, 20241 min read
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