Topics from the Facebook page will be presented and projected onto a screen in front of the audience, and the audience will be invited to share their memories related to those topics. Keith Hammersla, local historian and Director of Information Services at the Martinsburg Public Library, will act as moderator for the program. This is a good opportunity to learn more about the past of our local community.
To visit the Facebook page of "Remember in Martinsburg when..." just click here.
Also, a display of photographs of Martinsburg buildings, businesses, and street scenes will be on exhibit in the front foyer display cases facing King Street for the month of June. Most of the photographs show the town in the period between 1890 and 1965. Included also are a few photographs of some special events in town, such as one of the early soapbox derby races, one of the filming of a silent movie in front of the courthouse in 1915, and one of a concert band performing in the bandstand which stood in the center of the town square. This exhibit was planned as part of the library's anniversary celebration of West Virginia statehood on June 20, 1863.
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