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John Smith,owner of Smith and Dove Mill, proposed to donate $25,00 providing the town raise an equal sum to establish a library. A portion of the Town's funds can from money ($4500) raised to to construct a monument to the Civil War. The second floor of the library was constructed with a Memorial Hall in honor of Andover's Civil War Veterans on the second floor. | |||
When the original Memorial Hall Library was dedicated on May 30, 1873, the saying "Lest We Forget" in honor of Andover's Civil War Veterans was place over the front door. | |||
A Cronology of Memorial Hall library can be found on [http://www.mhl.org/about/facts/history.htm link title] | |||
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Revision as of 15:30, 29 December 2006
John Smith,owner of Smith and Dove Mill, proposed to donate $25,00 providing the town raise an equal sum to establish a library. A portion of the Town's funds can from money ($4500) raised to to construct a monument to the Civil War. The second floor of the library was constructed with a Memorial Hall in honor of Andover's Civil War Veterans on the second floor.
When the original Memorial Hall Library was dedicated on May 30, 1873, the saying "Lest We Forget" in honor of Andover's Civil War Veterans was place over the front door.
A Cronology of Memorial Hall library can be found on link title
--Eleanor 20:52, December 28, 2006 (EST)
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