Fort Delaware Civil War Prison — So Close to Home!

On Saturday, May 15th, at 11 am,  Kay Keenan of the Fort Delaware Society will speak about Fort Delaware Civil War Prison. Covering approximately 6 acres on an island located between New Jersey and Delaware, Fort Delaware served as a prison for Confederate prisoners of war, most of who were captured at Gettysburg. 2,436 Confederate prisoners died at Fort Delaware and their bodies were transported by boat to the New Jersey side of the Delaware River and buried in trenches.

This program is free and open to all interested participants. Attendees are encouraged to register through the library's web site: http://www.scotlib.org or by phone: 908-322-5007, x204 or e-mail library@scotlib.org . Scotch Plains Library is located at 1927 Bartle Avenue, one block from Park Avenue in the center of town.

 "Abraham Lincoln: A Man of His Time, a Man for All Times" is a national traveling exhibition organized by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. It has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Additional funding has been received from the New Hersey Historical Commission, a division of the Department of State, through a grant administered by the Union County Office of Cultural and Heritage Affairs, a grant from the Investors Savings Bank Charitable Foundation, and support from the Friends of the Scotch Plains Public Library.

Visit the library web site for a full calendar of events and in May watch for daily blog postings: www.scotlib.org or call the library at (908) 322-5007 for more information.