Resource Highlight: American History Online

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Today we celebrate the birthdays of the first President of the United States, George Washington, and the sixteenth president, Abraham Lincoln. They would be 281 and 204 years old respectively, if still alive today!

But the holiday also honors all of the other American presidents, past and present.

The library has countless books about our presidents, the presidency, and American history in general. 

But did you know that we also have a lot of wonderful online resources too? One of them is a great, free, online database (accessible with a library card) called American History Online?  

It includes biographies of noteworthy American citizens (including our presidents), information about specific events throughout American history, and dictionary definitions of key terms. It also includes multimedia and images to make your visit to American History Online as enjoyable (and educational) as possible.

To visit American History Online, go to the library’s website, click on Resources, and then on History. Under this heading you will find the database. 

Please contact the Reference Librarian at the Martinsburg Public Library (304-267-8933) for log-in information. And enjoy browsing through years and years of American history!