So why libraries?
Have you seen them? Many, if not most, hang on to some of the most beautiful eras of architecture our country has seen. They carry forward a time when our country had its most noble of ideals. Small New England towns are built around a symbiotic community style. We have "commons" because that land, in the center of town, was common ground, able to be used for cattle grazing by anyone with out fee. This small community mentality carried forward in a great and generous ideal. Education.... knowledge.... should also be free to all. Libraries were once private storehouses of knowledge and great symbols of wealth and power. Both the mentality behind it and the actual physicality of putting that knowledge in the "common" was one of our countries greatest endeavors. Libraries are a physical statement of the most noble of American ideals. We will share our knowledge, and help our neighbors without selfish motive. We have always been a library going family. The place wa...