All LA County Library locations will be closed on Tuesday, November 11, in observance of Veterans Day. Our Digital Library is open 24/7.
Join us in recognition of Juneteenth. Enjoy books, learn about the holiday, and decorate a fabric square to add to a community quilt about freedom, family, and community for display in the library. For teens ages 13 - 17.
Generously sponsored by Hermosa Beach FOL.
Juneteenth is a holiday, celebrated annually on June 19, that remembers the day in 1865 when word came to enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, that they were free — two years after President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863.
AGE GROUP: | Teens |
EVENT TYPE: | History, Society, & Culture | Education & Literacy | Arts, Crafts, & Hobbies |
TAGS: | Summer Discovery Program | Juneteenth | Art Activity |
The Ocean View School on Monterey Blvd., where the St. Cross Church now stands, housed the first library. In 1913 it became a part of the Los Angeles County Public Library system, occupying a room in the Walker Building on the northwest Corner of Pier and Hermosa Avenues.
On August 10, 1962, after forty-five years of growing with the community, the doors of a handsome building at 550 Pier Avenue opened to the public for library service.
In March 2000, the library was refurbished with the support of Supervisor Don Knabe, Supervisor Fourth District, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.
