Martin Luther King, Jr speaks to High School Students

 

Can you imagine Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. visiting your high school? Speech starts around 3 minutes. 

Did You Know? - First Thanksgiving

 

San Elizario, which is just to the east of El Paso, was the site of of the real first Thanksgiving! Juan de Oñate held a Thanksgiving celebration there in 1598. The day of Thanksgiving was held after Oñate's expedition had gone 5 days without water in the Chihuahuan Desert. The grateful expedition members enjoyed meat and fish next to the Rio Grande. Find out more here.

On This Day

 

On this day in 1918, the El Paso Morning Times announced the end of World War 1. Read the whole page online here.

Did You Know? Ghosts

 According to the website, "Haunted Places," the Kennedy Brothers Memorial Apartments, which are fairly close to the Sergio Troncoso Library, are haunted. The apartments were allegedly built on top of a former graveyard. They are also located across from Mt. Carmel Cemetery. The spooky happenings have been seen by multiple people, as you can see and read more here.

Throwback Thursday

The Sergio Troncoso Library received renovations in 2007. These included adding the meeting room (which is currently housing Border Heritage) and 12 computers. Read more here.

You Missed it! Friday art class with Patty and Alicia

 

On Friday afternoons, Patty and Alicia from the Isaac Center come to teach art classes at the library! If you missed these classes, don't forget to come next time!

This past Friday, students learned mindfulness techniques and then painted some rocks to look a little bit spooky! Whole families got together to have some weekend fun!

Did You Know? Indigenous People's Day

On Indigenous People's Day, don't forget that the Ysleta del sur Pueblo tribe, also known as the Tigua people, live in El Paso. They are the only Pueblo tribe recognized in the state of Texas and they have lived here for more than 300 years! To find out more, visit https://www.ysletadelsurpueblo.org/.

The library also has an excellent selection of books written by indigenous people. Ask a librarian to read one today!