"Celebrating the Nation: A Season of Heritage & Hope" at the Wesport Library

The Westport Library Association is pleased to announce that in 2026 it will host a series of programs titled “Celebrating the Nation: A Season of Heritage & Hope.”

Produced by artists, musicians, and scholars for children and adults, the series will celebrate the experiences of people living in the Champlain Valley in 1776, and celebrate America’s 250th Anniversary.

Highlights include a choral concert featuring the Willsboro Central School District Chorus, an art-making workshop for children, a performance-based workshop featuring the Fife and Drum Corps of Fort Ticonderoga, an interactive tour of musical Americana, and an engaging talk about the social, cultural, and political history around Cider, the earliest of American beverages.

Celebrating the Nation: A Season of Heritage & Hope

Saturday, April 18, 4 PM: Together We Sing: A Celebration in Song
Saturday, May 23, 10-12 AM: Revolutionary Art Making for Kids!
Saturday, June 6, 10-12 AM: Yankee Doodle Comes to Town!
Wednesday, July 22, 7 PM: Jennifer Moore & Friends Present: A Mostly American Music Sampler
Wednesday, August 12, 7 PM: Cider Talk & Tasting presented by Early American Scholar & Historian, Mark Turdo

The series of interactive events is underwritten by the Glenn and Carol Pearsall Adirondack Foundation, which is dedicated to improving the quality of life for year-round residents of the Adirondack Park (www.pearsallfoundation.org), and to which we give our sincerest thanks.

ABOUT THE WESTPORT LIBRARY ASSOCIATION

The Westport Library Association was founded in 1884 and has been serving the Town of Westport and surrounding communities continuously since then. The library provides traditional library services as well as access to electronic books, audiobooks, magazines through Libby, comics and graphic novels with Comics Plus, streaming video with Kanopy, Free Wi-Fi (indoors and outdoors), copying, scanning, and printing. The Westport Library is governed by an all-volunteer board of trustees and is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Tax revenue covers less than 20% of the library’s operating budget. The Westport Library is a member of the Clinton-Essex-Franklin Library System. This year marks the library’s 140th anniversary of continuous service to the community.

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