At the Turkey Hill Experience in Columbia, Pa., visitors won’t see the factory in action, but can milk a mechanical cow, sit in a milk truck, create an ice cream flavor, study the ice cream making process and taste a sample.
liberty cabbage During the First World War any reference in the USA to things German was deemed unpatriotic, and this included foodstuffs. An alternative name had therefore to be found for sauerkraut, and the choice fell on liberty cabbage. The image appealed to was presumably of America as the land of the free, defending the liberty of the world against German tyranny. Similar inspirations were liberty sandwich for ‘hamburger sandwich’ (compare Salisbury steak) and, beyond the gastronomic sphere, liberty measles for ‘German measles’. "liberty cabbage" An A-Z of Food and Drink. Ed. John Ayto. Oxford university Press, 2002. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press. 12 July 2011 |
The Reading Public Museum was founded in 1904 to provide a cultural center for fine arts and sciences. The Museum and Arboretum have and continue to be an educational and recreational focal point for the public and local schools.
The facility, grounds and collections provide a dynamic three-dimensional laboratory and a source of relaxation.
In 1927, prominent Cambridge, Massachusetts-based town planner John Nolen issued a plan for the Wyomissing Development Company (a real estate partnership of Ferdinand Thun and Irvin Impink) that included a generalized plan for the Museum’s Arboretum, as well as a detailed plan for the residential, so-called Wyomissing Park.
Nolen did some landscape advising for the Museum, and Elmer A. Muhs was identified in 1924 as the Arboretum’s landscape architect.
A great number of specimens were generously donated by Bertrand Farr from his superb botanical collection of trees, shrubs and flowering plants, gathered from all over the world. The plantings were carefully located throughout the park and eventually the Arboretum was named an accredited station for the United States Bureau of Plant Industry.
Many of the 65 distinctive specimens on the map of the park today are from the original planting. The trees which are labeled show both scientific and common names.
Large exotic trees are interspersed with indigenous trees and shrubs, serving as an exterior laboratory for anyone wishing to observe the natural world.
The Wyomissing Creek, which flows through the Arboretum and Park, is one of Berks County’s most visited places.
Seasonal changes in the 25 landscaped acres invite leisurely walks along the many pathways or silent contemplation on foot bridges that crisscross the creek.
During springtime in the Arboretum, flowers of all sizes and colors burst forth as sunlight and rains increase air and soil temperatures. Bulbs, herbaceous and ground plants catch the year’s early sunlight to produce their flowers and seeds. Spring breezes assist in fertilization of the early flowering trees and shrubs whose fruit matures through autumn.
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Language CDs and Tapes were moved from the 2nd floor near the reference desk to the 3rd floor.
Name: Daniel Smyk
The music CDs were moved from the 3rd floor to the 2nd floor.
You are entitled to the same extensive library services as described above whether or not you are able to visit the campus. Contact Patricia Nouhra, Distance Learning Librarian, if you cannot come to campus to:
You are welcome to visit The Yocum Library of Reading Area Community College.
Many of our library resources may be used by the public. The Yocum Library uses the same library card as the Berks County public libraries.
Los invitamos a que visiten The Yocum Library de Reading Area Community College. Muchos de nuestros recursos bibliotecarios se hallan a la disponibilidad del público. The Yocum Library usa la misma tarjeta bibliotecaria utilizada por las bibliotecas públicas del Condado de Berks.
*The Fourth of July was traditionally celebrated as America's birthday, but the idea of an annual day specifically celebrating the Flag is believed to have first originated in 1885. BJ Cigrand, a schoolteacher, arranged for the pupils in the Fredonia, Wisconsin Public School, District 6, to observe June 14 (the 108th anniversary of the official adoption of The Stars and Stripes) as 'Flag Birthday'. In numerous magazines and newspaper articles and public addresses over the following years, Cigrand continued to enthusiastically advocate the observance of June 14 as 'Flag Birthday', or 'Flag Day'.
On June 14, 1889, George Balch, a kindergarten teacher in New York City, planned appropriate ceremonies for the children of his school, and his idea of observing Flag Day was later adopted by the State Board of Education of New York. On June 14, 1891, the Betsy Ross House in Philadelphia held a Flag Day celebration, and on June 14 of the following year, the New York Society of the Sons of the Revolution, celebrated Flag Day.
Following the suggestion of Colonel J Granville Leach (at the time historian of the Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the Revolution), the Pennsylvania Society of Colonial Dames of America on April 25, 1893 adopted a resolution requesting the mayor of Philadelphia and all others in authority and all private citizens to display the Flag on June 14th. Leach went on to recommend that thereafter the day be known as 'Flag Day', and on that day, school children be assembled for appropriate exercises, with each child being given a small Flag.
Two weeks later on May 8th, the Board of Managers of the Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution unanimously endorsed the action of the Pennsylvania Society of Colonial Dames. As a result of the resolution, Dr. Edward Brooks, then Superintendent of Public Schools of Philadelphia, directed that Flag Day exercises be held on June 14, 1893 in Independence Square. School children were assembled, each carrying a small Flag, and patriotic songs were sung and addresses delivered.
In 1894, the governor of New York directed that on June 14 the Flag be displayed on all public buildings. With BJ Cigrand and Leroy Van Horn as the moving spirits, the Illinois organization, known as the American Flag Day Association, was organized for the purpose of promoting the holding of Flag Day exercises. On June 14th, 1894, under the auspices of this association, the first general public school children's celebration of Flag Day in Chicago was held in Douglas, Garfield, Humboldt, Lincoln, and Washington Parks, with more than 300,000 children participating.
Adults, too, participated in patriotic programs. Franklin K. Lane, Secretary of the Interior, delivered a 1914 Flag Day address in which he repeated words he said the flag had spoken to him that morning: "I am what you make me; nothing more. I swing before your eyes as a bright gleam of color, a symbol of yourself."
Inspired by these three decades of state and local celebrations, Flag Day - the anniversary of the Flag Resolution of 1777 - was officially established by the Proclamation of President Woodrow Wilson on May 30th, 1916. While Flag Day was celebrated in various communities for years after Wilson's proclamation, it was not until August 3rd, 1949, that President Truman signed an Act of Congress designating June 14th of each year as National Flag Day.
*http://www.usflag.org/flag.day.html
The Yocum Library has a vast selections of magazines for your reading pleasure.
The president Tuesday (May 31, 2011) signed a proclamation recognizing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender month.
"The story of America's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community is the story of our fathers and sons, our mothers and daughters, and our friends and neighbors who continue the task of making our country a more perfect Union," the proclamation said.
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) pride month is recognized each June and the Obama administration has recognized it each year it has been in the White House.
In the proclamation, the president notes his own record on issues the LGBT community advocates.
"Since taking office, my Administration has made significant progress towards achieving equality for LGBT Americans," the proclamation said. "Last December, I was proud to sign the repeal of the discriminatory "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy... My Administration has also taken steps to eliminate discrimination against LGBT Americans in Federal housing programs and to give LGBT Americans the right to visit their loved ones in the hospital."
The president also points to the 30th anniversary of AIDS in the proclamation and says his administration has increased funding for research. He called on the LGBT community to use the anniversary as a reason to renew its commitment to finding a cure.
"This landmark anniversary is an opportunity for the LGBT community and allies to recommit toraising awareness about HIV/AIDS and continuing the fight against this deadly pandemic," the proclamation says.
Obama wasn't the first president to begin recognizing LGBT month. Former President Bill Clinton issued the first pride proclamation in June of 1999.
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