Thanksgiving Holiday Closings

All Rock Island Library buildings will close at 6pm Wednesday, Nov. 27, and remain closed Thursday and Friday, Nov. 28 & 29, for the Thanksgiving holiday. Library2Go routes are also cancelled. 

Stay in touch with our digital services and PrairieCat app! All locations reopen on Saturday, Nov. 20 with normal 10am to 2 pm hours. 

Remembering World War I - History series

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Presentation

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Adult, Everyone
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Please note: this is an online program, presented via Zoom. You must register to attend.  Take another look at World War I military history, and learn about local and/or Rock Island Arsenal history related to WWI.  Our May presentation focuses on Trench Warfare. 

Photo: Keystone View Company. "Over the top" - American soldiers answering the bugle call to "charge". , ca. 1918. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Co., March 25. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/96505415/. No known restrictions on publication.