Yearly Archives: 2021

The Holidays (and stress) are approaching! Take our Shelf-Care Challenge to challenge yourself to take care of yourself this month through reading and other self-care activities. There is no prize for completing this challenge, not from the library anyway. We hope you enjoy taking a moment for yourself or your shelf this month!

1. Write a Letter
2. Visit a Library
3. Read a Poem
4. Sleep In
5. Read a Magazine
6. Read a Biography
7. Go for a Walk
8. Suggest a Book to Someone
9. Go Out on the Town
10. Spend Time in Nature
11. Try Something New
12. Donate Something
13. Stretch
14. Try a New Recipe
15. Say Thank You
16. Write a Journal
17. Read a Graphic Novel
18. Make a Card for Someone
19. Help Someone
20. Read a Mystery
21. Try a DIY project
22. Read a Book
23. Visit a Book Shop
24. Have Your Favorite Food
25. Take a Nap
26. Play with a Pet
27. Hug Someone
28. Watch the sunrise
29. Go to a Library Program
30. Join a Book Club

-The Dover Public Library Staff

“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”

In 1955, President Eisenhower signed a resolution to adopt September 17-23 as Constitution Week to honor this great document, which is the basis of America’s heritage and the foundation for our way of life.

As we begin Constitution Week, I’d like to reflect on a document that is very important to our American Heritage, and I ask you all to do the same.

Be respectful, kind and helpful to those in need and remember what it means to be good patriots of the United States of America.

Celebrate Constitution Week by picking up a free copy of the Constitution and Declaration of Independence. Plus, check out a selection of books from our Constitution Week display at the Dover Public Library.

~ Ellen Lint, Library Assistant

“Here, in the dread tribunal of last resort, valor contended against valor. Here brave men struggled and died for the right as God gave them to see the right.”

 -Adlai E. Stevenson I

One of the best-kept secrets in our community is an organization known as the Tuscarawas Valley Civil War Round Table. Founded over 25 years ago by Dan Cooley, former Dover Public Library Director, and Jeff Schrock of Sugarcreek, the Round Table is committed to educating the community about the American Civil War through the preservation of Civil War heritage and through the remembrance of those who struggled for their cause. Ever since Appomattox, historians, military tacticians and amateur scholars have been fascinated by the Civil War. The Round Table wants you to know that you are welcome!  Each month, a different speaker will provide an engaging and informative look at a particular aspect of the War Between the States.  Meetings are held on the second Thursday of each month at 6:30 PM in the library’s Community Room during the months of January-May and September-December. New members are always welcome, as well as ideas for future presenters and programs.  Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any suggestions. More books have been written about the American Civil War than any other event in history and it is an honor to play a part in the preservation of that story.  The Round Table kicks off on Thursday, September 9 at 6:30 PM and features Steve Ball who will present “The Music of the Civil War.”  Hope to see you then!

– Jim Gill, Director, director@doverlibrary.org

“Music of the Civil War” Presented by Steve Ball

Thursday, September 9 at 6:30 PM

Community Room at the Dover Public Library

This program shares some of the most popular tunes of the Civil War from both sides of the conflict. The music is presented in a chronological format, with the story of each song, and what is happening in the Civil War at the same time. The program covers some of the popular patriotic tunes, melancholy ballads of home, and a bit of army humor as well. Music of the Civil War shares both music and history with insight to both soldiers and musicians of the period.